Java Reference
In-Depth Information
Reading Strings
To read a string from the keyboard, use the version of
readLine( )
that is a member of the
BufferedReader
class. Its general form is shown here:
String readLine( ) throws IOException
It returns a
String
object that contains the characters read. It returns
null
if an attempt is
made to read when at the end of the stream.
The following program demonstrates
BufferedReader
and the
readLine( )
method. The
program reads and displays lines of text until you enter the word “stop”.
