Reading Strings from Console in Java

To read a string from the keyboard, use the version of readLine( ) that is a member of the BufferedReader class. Its general form is shown here:

String readLine( ) throws IOException

The following program demonstrates BufferedReader and the readLine( ) method. The program reads and displays lines of text until you enter the word "end":

// Read a string from console using a BufferedReader.

import java.io.*;
public class BRReadLines {
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException
{
// Create a BufferedReader using System.in
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(System.in));
String str;
System.out.println("Enter lines of text.");
System.out.println("Enter 'end' to quit.");
do {
str = br.readLine();
System.out.println(str);
} while(!str.equals("end"));
}
}


Here is a sample run:

Enter lines of text.

Enter 'end' to quit.

This is line one

This is line one

This is line two

This is line two

end

end