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Java Java Basics Using your New Tools Multiple Strings

Posted by Alexander Nowak
Alexander Nowak
498 Points

How do you the workspaces console.readLine("text"); in IntelliJ IDEA 14

I am trying to complete this task in IntelliJ but can't seem to find the right method to get it to readLine and accept input.

Thanks Guys.

3 Answers

oliverarroyo
oliverarroyo
7,363 Points

You could use a simple text editor and use command line (Terminal) to execute the java file. For example, I use Sublime Text as my text editor to write my Java code when following along with the Treehouse videos. I then use Terminal to run my Java file. This works in the same context as workspaces. Hope this helps.

Christopher Augg
Christopher Augg
21,223 Points
Christopher Augg
Christopher Augg
21,223 Points

Alexander,

This is a bug with most IDEs if not all of them. Here is a post by Dennis about the issue occurring with Netbeans. There are some changes you can make to get the same results in an IDE though.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Chris

Alexander Nowak
Alexander Nowak
498 Points

Thanks Christopher.

Is there anything out there that is the same as workspaces but can be downloaded?

Christopher Augg
Christopher Augg
21,223 Points

I am not aware of anything you can download that is like workspaces. However, you really don't need to do so either. You can just use the command line of your current operating system or create a new workspace and write your code there. How you use the command line is dependent on the operating system you use. You can use the command prompt in windows or the terminal in OSX. While the video for the terminal is using emacs, you can also look into many other text editors like sublime, nano, vim, and more. On windows I like notepad++ but you will have to use them to see which you prefer.

Please let me know if this helps.

Regards,

Chris

Alexander Nowak
Alexander Nowak
498 Points

Thanks Chris!

Andre Colares
Andre Colares
5,437 Points
Andre Colares
Andre Colares
5,437 Points

See this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4644415/java-how-to-get-input-from-system-console You can use "java.io.InputStreamReader" (You have to import this).

And them: BufferedReader NAMEOFTHEREADER = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); System.out.print("ENTER YOUR QUESTION HERE"); String WHATEVER = NAMEOFTHEREADER.readLine();