Problem Of Scanner Object with its method nextLine()

[Cluster Storm]

Hy . . .

Here is the code . . .

import java.util.Scanner;

public class abc
{
	public static void main	( String args[] )
	{
		Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );
		
		String firstName, lastName;
		
		int num1, num2;
		
		System.out.print( "Enter first number: " );
		num1 = input.nextInt();
		
		System.out.print( "Enter second number: " );
		num2 = input.nextInt();
		
		System.out.printf( "Sum is %dn", num1 + num2 );

		System.out.print( "Enter first name: " );
		firstName = input.nextLine();
		
		System.out.print( "Enter last name: " );
		lastName = input.nextLine();
		
		System.out.printf( "Your full name is %s %s", firstName, lastName );
		
		
	}
}

problem is that i when run this program, it works smoothly until of taking integer input after that it doent ask me to give input of string for first name and skip it then ask for the lastName immediately after prompting ??
Have you know what the problem it is ??

Output like this . . .

Enter first number: 1
Enter second number: 1
Sum is 2
Enter first name: Enter last name: Storm
Your full name is Storm


Thanks . . .:)

[RamyaSivakanth]

Hi,
Might be cursor is not returing to the next step after taking integer.

so ..before "Enter First name"

Try to do this below

System.out.printf( "Sum is %dn", num1 + num2 );

input.nextLine();

System.out.print( "Enter first name: " );

[Cluster Storm]

Hi,
Might be cursor is not returing to the next step after taking integer.

Brother this is not working . . . Any other idea ??

[RamyaSivakanth]

Try this code:


import java.util.Scanner;

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

String firstName, lastName;

int num1, num2;

System.out.print( "Enter first number: " );
num1 = input.nextInt();

System.out.print( "Enter second number: " );
num2 = input.nextInt();

input.nextLine();

System.out.printf( "Sum is %dn", num1 + num2 );

input.nextLine();

System.out.print( "Enter first name: " );
firstName = input.nextLine();

System.out.print( "Enter last name: " );
lastName = input.nextLine();

System.out.printf( "Your full name is %s %s", firstName, lastName );


}
}

[JosAH]

Brother this is not working . . . Any other idea ??

It does work; what is happening is that the nextInt() method only reads digits from the input stream; if you have typed, say "123<enter>" the characters 1, 2 and 3 are read (giving a result of 123) but the <enter> character is left in the input buffer. When a String needs to be read the method sees the <enter> character and assumes an empty String.

Terefore you should read the rest of the line (containing that <enter> character) before you attempt to read another String.

This scenario also fails when you type everything on a single line, say "123 456 John Doe" but see for yourself ...

kind regards,

Jos

[Norm]

nextInt() does NOT read past the newline char created by Enter. When you then do a nextLine() that reads and eats the newline char that followed where nextInt() left off.
What is returned in your case is an empty string.
To test this, using your code as shown above in post #1, enter the first name on the SAME line as the second number before pressing Enter.

[Norm]

I guess I'm just a Copy cat. Too slow.

[Cluster Storm]

It does work; kind regards,
Jos

Now look at this code then tell me

import java.util.Scanner;

public class aaa
{
	public static void main	( String args[] )
	{
		Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );
		
		String firstName, lastName;
		
		int num1, num2;
		
		System.out.print( "Enter first name: " );
		firstName = input.nextLine();
		
		System.out.print( "Enter last name: " );
		lastName = input.nextLine();
		
		System.out.printf( "Your full name is %s %s", firstName, lastName );		
		
		System.out.print( "\nEnter first number: " );
		num1 = input.nextInt();
		
		System.out.print( "Enter second number: " );
		num2 = input.nextInt();
		
		System.out.printf( "Sum is %dn", num1 + num2 );


		
		
	}
}

Output is:

Enter first name: Cluster
Enter last name: Storm
Your full name is Cluster Storm
Enter first number: 1
Enter second number: 2
Sum is 3

I put this before the integer input and
Now this is doing fine and your suggestion become false here . . .

what problem with it if we use after the integer input ??
Please ponder upon my problem . . .

Thanks

[JosAH]

You changed the problem: now you are reading lines first followed by reading to ints; in your OP you had it the other way around. Also (re)read the replies given before because they are all valid and nothing is 'false' in my or any other reply.

kind regards,

Jos

ps. what does this have to do with Swing?

[Cluster Storm]

@JosAh

please clear my confusion which is that look at the previous code (#8) when i typed a string input like "Cluster<enter>" then what happen ?? why whole ( Cluster and <enter> ) consider as a string not Cluster ??

In swing there is different thing all input deal as a string, so there is no problem with it. Problem appear when it is in command line . . .

Thanks . . .

[JosAH]

@JosAh

please clear my confusion which is that look at the previous code (#8) when i typed a string input like "Cluster<enter>" then what happen ?? why whole ( Cluster and <enter> ) consider as a string not Cluster ??

In swing there is different thing all input deal as a string, so there is no problem with it. Problem appear when it is in command line . . .

Thanks . . .

Read the API documentation; don't start coding anything before reading it; according to that documentation the readLine() method strips the trailing <enter> character but does read it so your String ends up to be "Cluster".

kind regards,

Jos

[Norm]

With your new version of the program, change the how you respond to the question:
Enter first number:
by entering: 1 2 <press enter>
Giving the two numbers on the same line. This will pre-feed the next nextInt().

[Cluster Storm]

Thanks all of you . . .