Help on creating java source code

Question

I am new to java, and I have the java 1.4.2 and java 5.0 and I am having problem creating programs that will allow a user to run a program that requires their input. I can not find the class or package that needs to be imported and instiated for this to be possible....

Answer 1

Using the System.in stream, you can easily grab command-line input from the user.
import java.io.*;
public class Example {
     public Example() throws IOException {
          BufferedReader b = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
          System.out.print("What is your name? ");
          String name = b.readLine();
          System.out.println("You entered: \""+name+"\"");
     public static void main(String args[]) {
          try {
               new Example();
          catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
}