Thread: New to Java, could you explain something to me?

I recommend you read through the basic tutorials, especially this section: Lesson: Classes and Objects (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language)

new Scanner(System.in) is a call to the constructor for a Scanner object. What you're doing is creating a new Scanner object then assigning that object to the variable number (for a more verbose answer, the variable number "references" or "points to" that Scanner object that was created).

The System.in is a parameter of the Scanner constructor. It's the stdin stream (i.e. the stream that console input is read from). It's a static field found in the class System, and the field's name is in.

Thanks for replying. I have a few questions:

1. So, in

Scanner number = new Scanner(System.in);

I am assigning number the reference to a Scanner object?

2. With that being said, that means when I refer to the number variable I am using the scanner object?

3. And then we are giving the Scanner object a parameter of our keyboard input, so when it comes to the line

System.out.println(number.nextLine());

it displays the values I type it, althought it pauses and waits until I type in values because none have yet been entered?