java help

douchebagatron

ok so i have this java program im working on, and ive hit a bit of a roadblock.

i cant figure out how to read in a user input from the dos prompt.

i know how to do it with JOptionPane, but it seems like all the system.in methods only return an int. i need for the user to be able to input a String.

Swiftspear

If I recall correctly, strings are an object in the swing library... You can't work with them unless you have the appropriate libraries included.

douchebagatron

ummm, thats not even remotely close to answering my question, but i figured it out. i used the Scanner class to read an input from the user and it worked pretty swell.

Isamil

Scanner in=new Scanner(System.in);
String omg=in.next(); (or use in.nextInt() if you want an int)