System.in code for Quiz(please help)

Question

I have a Question for all you gifted people:
I am designing a sort of quiz which takes questions and three possible answers from a database(which also holds the real answer).It prints these on the dos screen and I then have a System.in statement which allows the user to enter his or her answer (eg A,B,C or 1,2,3). I need a way of adding up the score at the end!!I was thinking of storing there answers in an array and compairing there answer to my correct answer in the database and if it is the same add 1 and if it not the same add 0???
How would i write the System.in answers into an array and add them up???
These are my thoughts on how to do this i would love to hear yours!! And also a help with writing the code for the above system of scoreing would be GREATLY appriciated!!
thanks everyone,
james.

Answer 1

Here's an example of how to get input from a user (like when they answer a question):
import java.io.*;
public class Example {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
          // now anytime you call input.readLine(), it will let the person input something
          System.out.println("Type something in:");
          // you always hafta make sure you catch IOException in case it happens
          String s = "";
          try {
               s = input.readLine(); // get input
          catch (IOException e) { // something went wrong
               e.printStackTrace(); // show error
               System.exit(0); // abort
          System.out.println("You typed: "+s); // show what was typed
}Good luck.