User Input in Dos Programs

Question

Hi, sorry for such as newbie type question but iv just started programming in Java (so im used to the simpleness of vb). I have a simple Java Dos program, and i understand the system. functions but was wondering how i could get the > user input prompt. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks!
WC

Answer 1

See if this isn't what you want:
import java.io.*;
// This program displays the user's input
public class GetInput {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
          // This is how we set things up to read lines of text from the user.
          BufferedReader in=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
          // Loop forever
          for(;;) {
               // Display a prompt to the user
               System.out.print("Type something> ");
               // Read a line from the user
               String line = in.readLine();
               // If the input is null or if the user types �quit�, then quit
               if (line.equals("") || line.equals("quit"))
                     break;
               try {
                    System.out.println(line);
               // If anything goes wrong, display a generic error message
               catch(Exception e) {
                    System.out.println("Invalid Input");
}