how do I get capture data from the keyboard????

[Oxymoron]

hi.

I'm new to java, and would just like to know how to accept data from the keyboard (command prompt).
I realise that to print a line in the command prompt you use: "println()".
I have heard that you use the "read()" or something like that....

Hope anyone can help! all comments and suggestions welcome!
thanks every1.

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[daimaou]

You can use System.in.read() to get an input from the keyboard.

 

[steelmtn]

I don't know of any simple way to get data from the keyboard, but this is what I always do:

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

Without gettting too technical, the first line converts a byte stream into a character stream and the second line creates a BufferedReader object that has a method called readLine that you are going to want to use. To capture input from the keyboard use:

String myMessage = stdin.readLine();

myMessage now holds all the info that came in from the keyboard until the user presses the return key.

Hope this helps!