Question about System.in.read()

Question

Hello Everyone,
I am having a problem with System.in.read(). I want it to produce an int value, however when I use it the value always comes out to 49.
class Lawn2
     public static void main(String []args) throws Exception
          int lawnSize, lawnPrice, weeklyAmt, length, width;
          length = 50;
          width = 10;
          System.out.println("Enter Width");
          width = System.in.read();
          System.in.read();
          System.in.read();
          System.out.println("You entered " + width);
          lawnSize = length * width;
}

Answer 1

Obvious as System.in.read() reads a byte and converts to ASCII equivalent when assigning to Integer.
Here is a sample code that shows one of many ways of reading input console data
import java.io.*;
class Lawn2{     
     public static void main(String []args) throws Exception     {          
          int lawnSize, lawnPrice, weeklyAmt, length, width;          
          length = 50;          
          width = 10;          
          System.out.print("Enter Width : ");     
          BufferedReader ln = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
          width = Integer.parseInt(ln.readLine());
          System.out.println("You entered " + width);          
          lawnSize = length * width;
}