Read from command line

[sehudson]

I am trying to build a simple program to read input from the command line, so far I have in my main method:

public static void main(String[] args) {
String input = null;
// prompt the user to enter their name
System.out.print("Enter your name: ");

// open up standard input
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

// read the username from the command-line; need to use try/catch with the
// readLine() method
try {
input = br.readLine();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
System.out.println("IO error trying to read your name!");
System.exit(1);
}
System.out.println("Your name is "+input);


}


For some reason, its not waiting on my input, its printing out "Enter your name: null"

I'm not sure what's going on, I thought System.out.print allowed me to print to the screen, and then I can use "input = br.readLine" to set input variable to whatever they enter.

[Junky]

Are you sure?
Have you saved your code?
Have you compiled the latest version of your code?

[sehudson]

positive.

I compiled it and ran it, and it says "Enter your name: null" and then goes to a new line with a blinking cursor.

[Junky]

Hmmm.

Clutching at straws: delete the .class file and compile again.

Provide details of how you are compiling and running the program.

[sehudson]

Im using Netbeans to create a .jar file, and then running it from the command line:

java -jar "C:\Users\MyCPU\Desktop\ProjectFolder\MyProgram\di st\CommandLineApp.jar"

[Junky]

Compiling your code and running from the command line (no jar) works fine.

[sehudson]

hmm..

I get a NoClassDefFoundError when I try to just put the code that I gave you into a "Main.java" file and then do a javac Main.java (compiles fine), and try to run it " java Main"

[Junky]

Post your FULL code.

[sehudson]

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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioInputStream;
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem;
import javax.sound.sampled.Clip;

/**
*
* @author Steve
*/
public class Main {



/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
String input = null;
// prompt the user to enter their name
System.out.print("Enter your name: ");

// open up standard input
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

// read the username from the command-line; need to use try/catch with the
// readLine() method
try {
input = br.readLine();
System.out.println("Your name is "+input);
} catch (IOException ioe) {
System.out.println("IO error trying to read your name!");
System.exit(1);
}


}

public static synchronized void playSound(final String url) {
new Thread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
Clip clip = AudioSystem.getClip();
AudioInputStream inputStream = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(Main.class.getReso urceAsStream(url));
clip.open(inputStream);
clip.start();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}).start();
}


}

[Junky]

I just stuffed your code (without all the extra crud) into a jar file and it ran fine for me. So I can only assume that once again you are not using the code you think your are in the jar file. Or netbeans is doing something hinky when it creates the jar file.

[Junky]

hmm..

I get a NoClassDefFoundError

Which class? When you get an error copy and paste the full message as it contains more valuable information than just what error it is.

[sehudson]

weird...im not sure what else I can do.

[sehudson]

working now..I'm not sure what was happening the other time..Thanks!