pxt-calliope/docs/reference/serial/read-line.md
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Co-authored-by: Juri <gitkraken@juriwolf.de>
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# Serial Read Line
Read a line of text from the serial port.
```sig
serial.readLine();
```
### ~hint
This function expects the line it reads to be terminated with the `\n`
character. If your terminal software does not terminate lines with
`\n`, this function will probably never return a value.
You can override the ``serial.NEW_LINE_DELIMITER`` field to change the newline delimiter.
### ~
## Returns
* a [string](/types/string) containing input from the serial port, such as a response typed by a user
## Example
The following example requests the user's name, then repeats it to greet the user.
```blocks
basic.forever(() => {
serial.writeLine("What is your name?");
let answer = serial.readLine();
serial.writeString("Hello,");
serial.writeLine(answer);
});
```
## See also
[serial](/device/serial),
[serial write line](/reference/serial/write-line),
[serial write value](/reference/serial/write-value)