Trying to make a class to read in strings, help needed

Question

hello
i have this class that reads in numbers here is the code
import java.io.*;
public class readNumber {
     public static int readlnt()
          throws java.io.IOException
          BufferedReader str= new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
          String input;
          int res = 0;
          Integer num = new Integer(res);//create integer object
          input = str.readLine();//read input and return a string
          return num.parseInt(input);//convert String to an int and return
          }// end of read method
     }//end of class numberi was trying to makr one to read in words i have this so far
import java.io.*;
public class readWord {
     public static int readlnt()
          throws java.io.IOException
          BufferedReader str= new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
          String input;
          String res = null;
          String word = new String(res);
          input = str.readLine();
          return word.parseword(input);
          }// end of read method
     }//end of class numberi need a little help with the readWord class, any advice you can give would be great
thanks alot
Anthony

Answer 1

Your basic logic is probably going to be something like this:
(a) read from the stream until you get a letter. (discard spaces at the beginning of a line, or between words)
(b) create a string or a string buffer that contains the letter you just read.
(c) read from the stream as long as you're getting letters, appending them to the end of the string or string buffer. When you get a character that isn't a letter, discard it, and return what you've built up.
This assumes you want to discard punctuation marks, spaces, carriage returns, etc.