In prior Java 101 articles, I referred to the concepts of redirection, standard input device, and standard output device. To demonstrate inputting data, several examples called System.in.read() .

The Console’s readPassword() method performs the same function as readLine(), with the following two exceptions:. readPassword() does not echo text back while the user types readPassword() encrypts ...

To take String input from the user with Java’s Scanner class, just follow these steps. Import java.util.*; to make Java’s Scanner class available; Use the new keyword to create an instance of the ...