nextLine issue

[paul1024]

Hello all:

I am asking the user typical questions for an address book. I am using nextLine for strings that could have spaces in them (city, state,...).

When the program comes up to the nextLine it does not wait for the prompt, it continues. In this part of the code it asks for the address but does not wait, instead it goes on to ask if the user is finished entering in addresses. I read the javadoc about nextLine but I still can't figure out why it's doing this.

System.out.println("Enter the first name: ");
			addrbk.setFname(in.next());
			
			System.out.println("Enter the last name: ");
			addrbk.setFname(in.next());
			
			System.out.println("Enter the address: ");
			addrbk.setAddress(in.nextLine());
			
			
			//now that we have all the required info, write to file
			addrbk.writeToDisk();
			
			//ask the use if they are finished
			System.out.println("Stop program? Enter 'y' to stop or 'n' to add another address.");

[FlipPoker@gmail.com]

I believe you need to advance to the next line before you retrieve a full line for the address:

System.out.println("Enter the first name: ");
addrbk.setFname(in.next());
			
System.out.println("Enter the last name: ");
addrbk.setFname(in.next());

in.nextLine();  // <<<<<< advances the input past the current line

System.out.println("Enter the address: ");
addrbk.setAddress(in.nextLine());

[FlemaVerde]

try to use next(); instead of nextLine();

best regards,

jed

[paul1024]

Thank you, the extra nextLine fixed it.