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hi there
just a quick question. is there an alternative to system.in.read() if you want to read more than one character at a time, say, maybe a few words or something...???
thanks
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You can read line-by-line with a BufferedReader.
 
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Yes. You can wrap the System.in InputStream in a BufferedReader, which will allow you to read a line of text a time.
To begin to form a good understanding for how these fancy Streams and Readers work, I recommend reading the I/O Lesson of Sun's Java Tutorial.
[ May 09, 2004: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]
 
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