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just like to know what this method does as a whole
public static String readLine(String prompt) {
String input = "";
System.out.print(prompt);
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
try {
input = br.readLine();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
}
return input;
}
}
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Re: just like to know what this method does as a whole
Prints a "prompt" text and then asks the user a line of text from the standard-input. It isn't really the best approach at technical level but works.
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