How to Read string from keyboard input??

Question

Hi,
I am writing an application that requires the user to input string
text. I have declared a variable String[] SData. The user will enter
several words in a line of string, and I want to be able to split
these and assign it to different variables, e.g. A= SData[1]
My problem is how do you assign the SData to what is being inputted?
I was using SData = System.in.read()
But I got a type compatibility error.
Is there another way I can get user input into a string?
Does anyone have any ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Answer 1

Is there another way I can get user input into a
string?
KeyboardInput
Adapted from Jacquie Barker's "Beginning Java Objects" (2002)
pp. 324 - 325
To use, in main():
KeyboardInput k = new KeyboardInput();
k.readLine();
To get the input stored in k,
k.getKeyboardInput();
import java.io.*;
class KeyboardInput
//User input is saved in this string
private static String keyboardInput;
public String readLine()
char in;
// Clears previous input
keyboardInput = "";
try
// Read one integer and cast it into a character.
// Keeps going until a newline character is read.
do
in = (char) System.in.read();
keyboardInput = keyboardInput + in;
} while ( in != '\n' );
catch (IOException e)
// Reset the input
keyboardInput = "";
System.out.print("\n\nError in reading keyboardInput: \n" +
e + "\n\n");
// Strips off any leading and/or trailing whitespace
keyboardInput = keyboardInput.trim();
// Return the complete String;
return keyboardInput;
} // End String readLine()
public String getKeyboardInput()
return keyboardInput;
} // End String getKeyboardInput()
} // End class KeyboardInput