readln() or readln(strMessage) reads a single line of text from the console. It always returns a string.

readPassword() or readPassword(strPassword) reads a password from the console with echoing disabled. It always returns a string. There are also secureReadPassword() and secureReadPassword(strPassword) variants that return a char[] array.

let name = readln("what's your name? ")
let value = readln()
let pwd = readpwd("type your password:")