How do I read user input from console using java.util.Scanner class?

By Wayan in Core API, Util Package 1 Comment

In JDK 1.5 a java.util.Scanner class was introduced to handle user input in console application. This class enable us to read string, integer, long, etc.

package org.kodejava.util;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class ScannerDemo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

        // Read string input for username
        System.out.print("Username: ");
        String username = scanner.nextLine();

        // Read string input for password
        System.out.print("Password: ");
        String password = scanner.nextLine();

        // Read an integer input for another challenge
        System.out.print("What is 2 + 2: ");
        int result = scanner.nextInt();

        if (username.equals("admin")
                && password.equals("secret") && result == 4) {
            System.out.println("Welcome to Java Application");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Invalid username or password, " +
                    "access denied!");
        }
    }
}

The result of the code snippet:

Username: admin
Password: secret
What is 2 + 2: 4
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