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How to get the user input in Java?

Asked 2011-03-13T04:59:37.767
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I attempted to create a calculator, but I can not get it to work because I don't know how to get user input.

How can I get the user input in Java?

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You can get user input using BufferedReader.

BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String accStr;  

System.out.println("Enter your Account number: ");
accStr = br.readLine();

It will store a String value in accStr so you have to parse it to an int using Integer.parseInt.

int accInt = Integer.parseInt(accStr);
answered 2011-03-13T05:05:34.753

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