How to get COMMAND LINE input

Question

I am writng an application to add numbers inputted by the user at the command line in a DOS session in the java application. How do i read in input from the user?
any help is much appreciated

Answer 1

import java.io.*;
public class ReadUser {
      static String userInput;
      static int sum = 0;
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      BufferedReader buff = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader (System.in));
      // get a string 4 times
      for (int i=0; i<4; i++) {
          System.out.println("Enter a Number");
          try
               userInput = buff.readLine();
          catch(Exception ex)
               System.err.println("Had a problem getting input");
                   // convert the string to an int and total it
          sum = sum + Integer.parseInt(userInput);
      // print the sum
     System.out.println("The total is " + sum);
         System.exit(0);