Exiting loop on EOF

Question

hi,
what I'm trying to do is to store and print out what the user has entered so far. As soon as the EOF character has been seen (^D), the program is supposed to store the input before the EOF, then exit.
The problem so far is that it only works if EOF is on a new line.
If there is text on the same line as EOF, it has to be pushed twice, which is undesired. I want it to exit as soon as one EOF is encountered
for example:
hello
^D
(will store hello then exit)
hello^D
( will store hello but will not exit, which is wrong)
hello^D^D
(wlll store hello and exit)
my program:
import java.io.*;
public class input{
public static void main(String[] args){
     StringBuffer input = new StringBuffer();
     try {
          BufferedReader in
               = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
          int val = in.read();
          while (val != -1){
               input.append((char)val);
               val = in.read();
               System.out.println(input);
     catch (EOFException e) {
     catch (IOException e){
thanks for your help

Answer 1

Hi Vibhuti,
Just declare a variable  with the same structure:
DATA:
  zlv_myline LIKE LINE OF <your internal table>.
LOOP AT <your internal table> INTO zlv_myline.
ENDLOOP.
John.