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    Default character reading

    i am using jdk 6 ... i came to know that how we can read strings from user input ... and how we can convert a string to int .. but i dont fount how to read a character by character from user .. kindly specify with full syntax
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    Default Re: character reading

    Quote Originally Posted by deependeroracle View Post
    i am using jdk 6 ... i came to know that how we can read strings from user input ... and how we can convert a string to int .. but i dont fount how to read a character by character from user .. kindly specify with full syntax
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    Default Re: character reading

    Look at the Scanner class for reading input from a user.

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    Default Re: character reading

    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    Look at the Scanner class for reading input from a user.
    Looking at the scanner class it still doesn't seem obvious to me...

    reading java for dummies i did find the following:

    Scanner keyboard = new Scanner("System.in");
    char reply;
    reply = keyboard.findWithinHorizon(".", 0).charAt(0);

    So it's in there as you suggested just not easy to find for a newbie like me.

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    Default Re: character reading

    Scanner s= new Scanner(System.in);
    char aCharacter = s.next().charAt(0);

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    Default Re: character reading

    The findWithinHorizon() method uses regular expressions which are more complicated than other methods like next() or nextLine().
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