Thread: 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
thanks

Originally Posted by deependeroracle

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
thanks

READ THE FORUMS RULES.

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

Originally Posted by Norm

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.

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