In prior Java 101 articles, I referred to the concepts of redirection, standard input device, and standard output device. To demonstrate inputting data, several examples called System.in.read().

The Java Scanner class is a simple, versatile, easy-to-use class that makes user input in Java relatively straightforward. To perform user input with the Scanner class, follow these steps: Found in ...

The Java Scanner class provides methods that take String input and convert that String into any Java primitive type you might need, except for one: the char. The Java Scanner class provides the ...