Input from user in console application

[Gerry]

Hey all,
I've been reading through my java book(s) and have yet to see a simple way
to get user input from the keyboard for a console application.

I'm just starting out with java but have a good amount of experience with
C/C++ and am used to having a basic io method e.g. cin >> , readln etc...

What gives??

Thanks for any help/info in advance!

Gerry

[Kyle Gabhart]

"Gerry" <gerry.webguru@gte.net> wrote:
>
>Hey all,
>I've been reading through my java book(s) and have yet to see a simple way
>to get user input from the keyboard for a console application.
>
>I'm just starting out with java but have a good amount of experience with
>C/C++ and am used to having a basic io method e.g. cin >> , readln etc...
>
>What gives??
>
>Thanks for any help/info in advance!
>
>Gerry

Yeah, good question. There's very little coverage of this topic as everyone
is enamored with Swing as a user-interface. I've got three responses for
you:

1. You can read a character with the simple line:

char a = System.in.read();

2. You can read a string by wrapping the System.in input stream with a BufferedReader:

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader( System.in ) );

String input = in.readLine();

3. Wait for this month's 10-minute solution. The topic is "Creating an interactive
command line interface". It goes into greater depth and gives tips on how
to design a reusable framework for this.

Happy Coding!

Cordially,

Kyle Gabhart
DevX Java Pro