Is there an equivalent method to C's scanf in Java?

Question

Java has the notion of format strings, bearing a strong resemblance to format strings in other languages. It is used in JDK methods like String#format() for output conversio

Answer 1

THERE'S an even simpler answer

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String myBeautifulScanf = new Scanner(System.in).nextLine();
        System.out.println( myBeautifulScanf );

    }
}