Take a char input from the Scanner

Question

I am trying to find a way to take a char input from the keyboard.

I tried using:

Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
char c = reade         


        

Answer 1

Scanner key = new Scanner(System.in);
//shortcut way 
char firstChar=key.next().charAt(0);  
//how it works;
/*key.next() takes a String as input then,
charAt method is applied on that input (String)
with a parameter of type int (position) that you give to get      
that char at that position.
You can simply read it out as: 
the char at position/index 0 from the input String
(through the Scanner object key) is stored in var. firstChar (type char) */

//you can also do it in a bit elabortive manner to understand how it exactly works
String input=key.next();  // you can also write key.nextLine to take a String with spaces also
char firstChar=input.charAt(0);
char charAtAnyPos= input.charAt(pos);  // in pos you enter that index from where you want to get the char from

By the way, you can't take a char directly as an input. As you can see above, a String is first taken then the charAt(0); is found and stored