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Jan Satsatin
422 Pointsconsole input
Does all input from console comes in as String?
3 Answers
Ante Adamović
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,508 PointsIt does yes. If you want to read an any other type from console, like an integer you need to parse it from a string.
Code Junkie
3,786 PointsYou can also input an integer value from a console. This would require you to import Scanner. Here is the code =>
import java.util.Scanner;
//...
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in); int num = in.nextInt();
