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Start your free trialCarolina Estrada
1,285 PointsI'm not using console,I used System.out &its been working so far but now for System.out.printf.readLine(" ") ...
it doesnt work, It says 'Error: printf cannot be resolved or is not a field' , What can I do to make this work without putting console
1 Answer
Armin Halilovic
3,372 PointsHi Carolina, maybe you have already found an answer in the meantime but nonetheless here is one possible way to get the input from the user without using the console keyword:
There is a Scanner class in Java which allows to scan text. You have to import the Scanner class, create a Scanner object and use the .nextLine() method to read the input from the user:
import java.io.Console;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Introductions {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Console console = System.console();
// Create the Scanner Object
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
// Print out your statement to the user
System.out.printf("Enter Username: \n");
// Read the user input (strings)
String userName = scanner.nextLine();
// Print out the input from the user
System.out.printf(userName);
// To read integers you have to use nextInt()
// To read doubles you have to use nextDouble()
// and so on...
} }
Hope this helps!