scanner to read string or int

[joecast]

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

[PhHein]

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.

[joecast]

thanks. will read up on how to parse
joe

[gcalvin]

Look for Integer.parseInt().

-Gary-