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User input with Java's Console class

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The easiest way to garner user input in a Java program is to use the System’s Console class.
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Java 101: The ins and outs of standard input/output

In prior Java 101 articles, I referred to the concepts of redirection, standard input device, and standard output device. To demonstrate inputting data, several examples called System.in.read(). It ...
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Java Scanner char input example without nextChar

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The Java Scanner class provides methods that take String input and convert that String into any ...
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A splash of text color with your Java

However, escape sequences are not very portable. For example, Windows NT provides an ANSI.SYS driver, but only for legacy DOS applications (which a JVM is not). I do not recommend this option except ...