Thread: Reading String Input?

So the other day I thought I might go ahead and try to make a few simple programs to see if anything I have done is soaking in. I did a few math ones, which were easy enough, but then I tried to do a password program. It was easy enough to write, but the thing is I could only do it with numbers. Although thats alright, I was aiming to do one with Strings rather than ints. Thing is I have no idea how to take the input of a String like an int would (readInt). Heres my short password program involving just ints if it helps any:

package OtherStuff;
 
import acm.program.ConsoleProgram;
import java.util.*;
 
public class stringPassword extends ConsoleProgram {
 
public void run() {
	int password = 2256;
		while (true) {
			int input = readInt("Enter a password: ");
			if (input == password) {
				println("Password accepted");
				break;
				}
			if (input != password) {
				println("Password not accepted\n");
				}
		}	
	}
}

So all in all, how can I take the input of a String and use it in the same way I use ints in the code above?