TheServerSide

Java Scanner char input example without nextChar

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The Java Scanner class provides methods that take String input and convert that String into any ...
TheServerSide

Java Scanner User Input Example

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The Java Scanner class is a simple, versatile, easy-to-use class that makes user input in Java ...
InfoWorld

Java 101: The ins and outs of standard input/output

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(). It ...
GitHub

Console input cursor does not reposition correctly after invalid input in Java program

When running a Java program in Eclipse IDE that uses Scanner.nextLine() for user input, the console fails to reposition the input cursor correctly after an exception or invalid input. Even though the ...