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Expand Up @@ -36,6 +36,21 @@ rl.question(`What's your name?`, name => {
console.log(`Hi ${name}!`);
rl.close();
});
```
or you could use a promise
```mjs
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or you could use a promise
```mjs
```mjs displayName="Promises API"

And change the other one accordingly

import readline from "node:readline/promises";

const rl = readline.createInterface({
input: process.stdin,
output: process.stdout,
});

const name = await rl.question("What's your name? ");
rl.close()

console.log(`Hi ${name}!`);

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rl.close()
console.log(`Hi ${name}!`);
console.log(`Hi ${name}!`);
rl.close()

```

This piece of code asks the user's _name_, and once the text is entered and the user presses enter, we send a greeting.
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