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# Stdio
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Built-in standard input / output & utility functions
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#### Example usage
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```lua
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local stdio = require("@lune/stdio")
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-- Prompting the user for basic input
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local text: string = stdio.prompt("text", "Please write some text")
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local confirmed: boolean = stdio.prompt("confirm", "Please confirm this action")
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-- Writing directly to stdout or stderr, without the auto-formatting of print/warn/error
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stdio.write("Hello, ")
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stdio.write("World! ")
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stdio.write("All on the same line")
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stdio.ewrite("\nAnd some error text, too")
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```
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## Functions
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### prompt
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Prompts for user input using the wanted kind of prompt:
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- `"text"` - Prompts for a plain text string from the user
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- `"confirm"` - Prompts the user to confirm with y / n (yes / no)
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- `"select"` - Prompts the user to select _one_ value from a list
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- `"multiselect"` - Prompts the user to select _one or more_ values from a list
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- `nil` - Equivalent to `"text"` with no extra arguments
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#### Parameters
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- `kind` The kind of prompt to use
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- `message` The message to show the user
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- `defaultOrOptions` The default value for the prompt, or options to choose from for selection
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prompts
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### color
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Return an ANSI string that can be used to modify the persistent output color.
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Pass `"reset"` to get a string that can reset the persistent output color.
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#### Example usage
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```lua
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stdio.write(stdio.color("red"))
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print("This text will be red")
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stdio.write(stdio.color("reset"))
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print("This text will be normal")
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```
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#### Parameters
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- `color` The color to use
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#### Returns
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- A printable ANSI string
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### style
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Return an ANSI string that can be used to modify the persistent output style.
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Pass `"reset"` to get a string that can reset the persistent output style.
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#### Example usage
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```lua
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stdio.write(stdio.style("bold"))
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print("This text will be bold")
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stdio.write(stdio.style("reset"))
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print("This text will be normal")
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```
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#### Parameters
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- `style` The style to use
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#### Returns
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- A printable ANSI string
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### format
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Formats arguments into a human-readable string with syntax highlighting for tables.
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#### Parameters
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- `...` The values to format
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#### Returns
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- The formatted string
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### write
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Writes a string directly to stdout, without any newline.
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#### Parameters
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- `s` The string to write to stdout
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### ewrite
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Writes a string directly to stderr, without any newline.
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#### Parameters
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- `s` The string to write to stderr
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