enter a string sentence

hi everyone

i am new to java, and i am having some problems with inputting a sentence. i wanted to write a program that will be able to read a sentence. this is what i have so far :

import java.util.*;

public class Sentence
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
String name;
String surname;
String IDcard;
String description;
String hobbies;

Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in);

System.out.print ("Enter your name: ");
name = input.next();
System.out.print ("Enter your surname: ");
surname = input.next();
System.out.print ("Enter your ID card number: ");
IDcard = input.next();
System.out.print ("Enter a description of yourself: ");
description = input.next();
System.out.print ("Enter your hobbies: ");
hobbies = input.next();
}
}

i tried using delimiters, but i don't actually know how to use them. any ideas :confused: ?

Read the scanner methods, specially the one that reads lines (hint,hint)
Scanner (Java Platform SE 6)

Luck,
CJSL

Hello and welcome to the forum!

A few questions for you regarding your questions:

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i wanted to write a program that will be able to read a sentence.

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Please go into a little more detail here. Just what exactly do you mean by "read a sentence"? The more detail the better.

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this is what i have so far :

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Thanks for posting your code as this helps us. Does your code not work for you, and if so, how so? Again, details will help.

Good luck in your coding!

edit: mi amigo CJSLMAN may have found your problem. Please follow his lead first before worrying about my questions. Again, good luck.

With this class, i want to be able to ask the user to enter their hobbies and description as a string. The code currently just reads one word, so when the user isn't able to enter the hobbies section.

for example:

Enter your name: amorosa
Enter your surname: amorosa
Enter your ID card number: 123456
Enter a description of yourself: brown hair
Enter your hobbies:

By this program, the user currently can't enter his hobbies as 'hair' will be stored as his hobbies whilst 'brown' as his/her description. In the end, I want to be able to make a menu where the user will be able to see the previous entries.

for example:

1. Enter a user's profile
2. View all profiles

But currently, I only need to ask the user to enter a sentence.

Thanks for your help :)

From your answer I'm assuming you haven't read my post yet. The link (and the hint) I gave you is what you're looking for. I'll try again...
use the method that reads the next line (super hint, hint).

Luck,
CJSL

Yes, I have already read your post. But my program is still not working =\

But actually, I was trying to use delimiters so that first the sentence is entered, and then it skips a line by ' \n '

But I'm not managing, and I don't know what I'm doing wrong :(

Post your code and let's see what you have...

CJSL

CJSLMAN suggested you look at the Scanner class's API. Perhaps you want to experiment with other scanner methods, ones that involve or have the term "Line" somewhere in them?

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Sentence
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
String name;
String surname;
String IDcard;
String description;
String hobbies;

Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in);

System.out.print ("Enter your name: ");
name = input.next();
System.out.print ("Enter your surname: ");
surname = input.next();
System.out.print ("Enter your ID card number: ");
IDcard = input.next();
System.out.print ("Enter a description of yourself: ");
description = input.nextLine();
System.out.print ("Enter your hobbies: ");
hobbies = input.nextLine();
}
}


Currently, I have this code. So the program is reading "Enter your hobbies" as a description. But i was not intending to use the nextLine. I was trying to make use of delimiters. For example, something like this:

String input = "1 fish 2 fish red fish blue fish";
Scanner s = new Scanner(input).useDelimiter("\\s*fish\\s*");
System.out.println(s.nextInt());
System.out.println(s.nextInt());
System.out.println(s.next());
System.out.println(s.next());
s.close();

I have already declared the Scanner above, so there is no use to declare it again but i don't know how I can call it ...

you call it like this:

input.useDelimiter("\\s*fish\\s*");
hobbies1 = input.next();
hobbies2 = input.next();

After a user enters text you have to use the scan method to scan the line.

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After a user enters text you have to use the scan method to scan the line.

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huh? To began with, there is no "scan" method... it's "Scanner" and it's a class and it contains lots of methods.
Why suggest something (incomplete and pretty useless) that has been explained in multiple posts above?

CJSL