# readline-sync Synchronous [Readline.question](http://nodejs.org/api/readline.html#readline_rl_question_query_callback) for interactively running. ## Example ```js var readlineSync = require('readline-sync'); var answer = readlineSync('What is your favorite food? :'); console.log('Oh, so your favorite food is ' + answer); ``` ## Installation ``` npm install -g readline-sync ``` ## Usage ```js answer = readlineSync([prompt[, encoding]]) ``` `require('readline-sync')` returns a Function. Displays the `prompt` to the user if it is given, and then returns the user's response after it has been typed. `encoding` specify encoding method of input (user's response) and output (`prompt`). Defaults to 'utf8'. ## Release History * 2013-08-29 v0.1.0 Initial release.