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Java User Input
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:
Example
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:
In the example below, we use different methods to read data of various types:
Example
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