One more thing...

In Java 5 one can make a static import:
import static java.lang.System.out;

allowing one to write:
out.println("Enter you name: ");

/Martin Lansler

martin.lans...@gmail.com wrote:

I'm just learning java this semester and Scanner is pretty quick and
easy to use.  The way to implement this into your program is to do the
following things:

1) type this line at the top of your program before any variables,
classes, main body is declared:
  import java.util.Scanner;

2)  You can use the API manual that will tell you all the methods that
are connected with Scanner but here are examples how you can use it to
take in input from a user.

        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.print("Enter your sentence: ");
        String sentence = input.nextLine();

If you want to read in just a word and not a series of words, then
change "nextLine" to "next".  To input an integer then use for example:

          System.out.print("\nEnter the choice, followed by 2
integers:  ");
           String choice = input.next();

          // evaluate choice then input 2 integers, expected

           if (choice.equalsIgnoreCase("q")) {
               quit = true;
              System.out.println ("Adios mi amigo.");
           }
           else
           {
              int x = input.nextInt();
              int y = input.nextInt();
           // ... morec ode here
           }