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function start

Usage in Deno

import { start } from "node:repl";
start(options?: string | ReplOptions): REPLServer
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The repl.start() method creates and starts a REPLServer instance.

If options is a string, then it specifies the input prompt:

import repl from 'node:repl';

// a Unix style prompt
repl.start('$ ');

Parameters

optional
options: string | ReplOptions

Return Type