How to use readline() method in Java?

Question

I am beginner in Java, and I was reading the topic of giving values to variables through the readLine() method from the keyboard. The program for that is given

Answer 1

I advise you to go with Scanner instead of DataInputStream. Scanner is specifically designed for this purpose and introduced in Java 5. See the following links to know how to use Scanner.

• Java Documentation
• Java Tutorial

Example

Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println(s.nextInt());
System.out.println(s.nextInt());
System.out.println(s.next());
System.out.println(s.next());