Scanner class with a String

[claudius753]

Hi all,

I'm new to the forum and am taking a Java class in college. I'm having a problem with one of my projects for class.

My main class is working fine, but in my test program, I can't scan a string using the Scanner. It doesn't even wait for input. Everything looks right to me, could it have something to do with Java on the Mac?

Here is my code snippet:

System.out.print("Enter the Color: ");
color = input.nextLine();

Any ideas? Yes, I declared a Scanner and yes, I declared the string color.

Thanks.

[sukatoa]

could you post the whole source code?

[PhHein]

That looks fine, post the complete code, please.

[claudius753]

import java.util.*;

public class TestTriangle {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
		double side1, side2, side3;
		boolean filled;
		String color;
		
		System.out.print("Enter Length of side 1 = ");
		side1 = input.nextDouble();
		
		System.out.print("Enter Length of side 2 = ");
		side2 = input.nextDouble();
		
		System.out.print("Enter Length of side 3 = ");
		side3 = input.nextDouble();
		
		System.out.println("Enter the Color: ");
		color = input.nextLine();
		
		System.out.print("Is it filled?  true or false: ");
		filled = input.nextBoolean();
		
		/* Make 3 Triangles... */
		
		/* Default constructor Triangle: */
		Triangle defaultTriangle = new Triangle();
		
		/* Triangle defined in the book exercise: */
		Triangle bookTriangle = new Triangle(1.0, 1.5, 1.0);
		bookTriangle.setColor("yellow");
		bookTriangle.setFilled(true);
		
		/* User defined Triangle: */
		Triangle userTriangle = new Triangle(side1, side2, side3);
		userTriangle.setColor(color);
		userTriangle.setFilled(filled);
		
		/* Print Default Triangle */
		System.out.println("\nThe default Triangle has the following attributes");
		System.out.println(defaultTriangle.toString());
		System.out.println("Area: " + defaultTriangle.getArea());
		System.out.println("Perimeter: " + defaultTriangle.getPerimeter());
		System.out.println("Color: " + defaultTriangle.getColor());
		System.out.print("Filled: ");
		System.out.println((defaultTriangle.isFilled()) ? "Yes" : "No");
		
		/* Print Book Triangle */
		System.out.println("\nThe Book's Triangle has the following attributes");
		System.out.println(bookTriangle.toString());
		System.out.println("Area: " + bookTriangle.getArea());
		System.out.println("Perimeter: " + bookTriangle.getPerimeter());
		System.out.println("Color: " + bookTriangle.getColor());
		System.out.print("Filled: ");
		System.out.println((bookTriangle.isFilled()) ? "Yes" : "No");		
		
		/* Print User's Triangle */
		System.out.println("\nThe User's Triangle has the following attributes");
		System.out.println(userTriangle.toString());
		System.out.println("Area: " + userTriangle.getArea());
		System.out.println("Perimeter: " + userTriangle.getPerimeter());
		System.out.println("Color: " + userTriangle.getColor());
		System.out.print("Filled: ");
		System.out.println((userTriangle.isFilled()) ? "Yes" : "No");		

	}
}

[sukatoa]

That is because the "enter key" after you fill the side3 is being captured by the input.nextLine,
see documentation on the method nextLine in Scanner

try to replace nextLine to next : input.next(); ( assume to enter a word ) and observe

[claudius753]

Yes, that was it! Thanks so much!