Using articles in a prompt

Question

There is a prompt in a program

What is the correct form of it?

Enter height of a triangle

Enter a height of a triangle

Enter the height of a triangle

Enter the height of the triangle

Add more background to your query, s'il vous plaît.
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Raghuraman R · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-05 08:10:24Z

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'Enter the height of the triangle'. Since it is a computer program, we are indeed specific about the specific triangle - so it is 'the' everywhere.

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Lightness Races in Orbit · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-12 22:27:55Z

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"Enter triangle height".

Since it is a computer program, we are not keen to be offensively over-verbose.

answered May 12, 2015 at 22:27

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