How can I read two double after typing?

Question

Hi everyone!!
Thank you for reading me, I need your help.
I'm new (very very new) in JAVA programming.
I have a problem. I'm trying to write an application that reads a couple of
numbers (double). It shows a message on screen that says something like
'type a number', and then it reads it.
The thing is that the program doesn't stop for the input of the second
number and I don't know how to solve it.
Can you help me please?
My code is similiar to the following one:
System.out.println("Type the first number: ");
          try{
               x = System.in.read();
               }     catch(IOException e){
               System.out.println("It didn't work.");
System.out.println("Type the second number: ");
          try{               
               y = System.in.read();
               }     catch(IOException e){
               System.out.println("It didn't work.");
// We build the point
Point point1 = new Point(x,y);
Thank you very much for your attention and help.

Answer 1

You need to read the docs more carefully. read() just reads a single byte. If you type a capital 'A', read will return the number 65.
Look at the java.util.Scanner class. I think it has a readDouble method.
If you're not on 1.5 yet, use a BufferedReader around System.in to read a line, and then use Double.parseDouble.
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/io/index.html