User Input (Scanner Class)
- Accepting values from user at program run time or from the command line.
- There are multiple option to accept input from user.
- Command Line Argument.
- Is use to pass user value at the time of providing execution command.
- These values will be capture inside the String array parameter of main method.
- All the values pass by user will be in String format.
- Buffer classes.
- Scanner Class.
- Console.
- Command Line Argument.
Scanner Class
The Scanner
class is used to get user input, and it is found in the java.util
package.
To use the Scanner
class, create an object of the class and use any of the available methods found in the Scanner
class documentation. In our example, we will use the nextLine()
method, which is used to read Strings:
Input Types
In the example above, we used the nextLine()
method, which is used to read Strings. To read other types, look at the table below:
Method | Description |
---|---|
nextBoolean() | Reads a boolean value from the user |
nextByte() | Reads a byte value from the user |
nextDouble() | Reads a double value from the user |
nextFloat() | Reads a float value from the user |
nextInt() | Reads a int value from the user |
nextLine() | Reads a String value from the user |
nextLong() | Reads a long value from the user |
nextShort() | Reads a short value from the user |
Example :-
import java.util.*; class UserInputDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner sc= new Scanner(System.in); //System.in is a standard input stream System.out.print("Enter first number- "); int a= sc.nextInt(); System.out.print("Enter second number- "); int b= sc.nextInt(); System.out.print("Enter third number- "); int c= sc.nextInt(); int d=a+b+c; System.out.println("Total= " +d); } }
import java.util.Scanner;
class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner myObj = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter name, age and salary:");
// String input
String name = myObj.nextLine();
// Numerical input
int age = myObj.nextInt();
double salary = myObj.nextDouble();
// Output input by user
System.out.println("Name: " + name);
System.out.println("Age: " + age);
System.out.println("Salary: " + salary);
}
}
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