java input string scanner code example

Example 1: java scanner

import java.util.Scanner;

// import scanner 

Scanner myScanner = new Scanner(System.in); // Make scanner obj

String inputString = myScanner.nextLine(); // Take whole line

boolean inputBoolean = myScanner.nextBoolean(); //Boolean input

long inputLong = myScanner.nextLong(); //Interger,long ... input

Example 2: how to use scanners in java

import java.util.Scanner;

Public class Scanner {
	Public static void main(String[] args) {
    	// Scanner *scanner name here* = new Scanner(System.in);
      	Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
      	System.out.println("Type anything and the scanner will take that input and print it");
      	String next = scan.next();
      	System.out.println(next);
    } 
}

Example 3: User input (scanner)

Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

System.out.println("What's your name?");
String name = scanner.nextLine();

System.out.println("What's your year of birth?");
int yearOfBirth = scanner.nextInt();