User input/Text is part of Short Circuit's Console Program Basics selection.
Task
 
Input a string and the integer   75000   from the text console.

See also: User input/Graphical

% read a string ("s")
s = input("Enter a string: ", "s");
 
% read a GNU Octave expression, which is evaluated; e.g.
% 5/7 gives 0.71429
i = input("Enter an expression: ");
 
% parse the input for an integer
printf("Enter an integer: "); 
ri = scanf("%d");
 
% show the values
disp(s);
disp(i);
disp(ri);