scanner to read string or int

hello all,
just getting into java and have a question i am sure has been asked many times. i could not find anything through the search so here is my question.

i am asking the user for some input which may be some text or an integer. how can i analyse both the string and int without knowing which will be entered?

if the user enters 1 - 9 > some action will occur, else if user enters "off" > some other action will occur.

if i add lines for ### = sc.nextInt() and ### = sc.next() after my S.O.P will that be enough? Thanks in advance.
joe

use sc.nextLine(), if it's "off" you turn off, if not you try to parse the int. If that doesn't work you have an illegal input.

thanks. will read up on how to parse
joe

Look for Integer.parseInt().

-Gary-