how to read character from command line and store it string

[Anumeha Taori]

Hello !!

I want to read character from command line and store it in string one by one.
Please tell me the way to implement it.

Can I use System.in.read() for it ?

[Paul Clapham]

This appears to be a serious question about Java and not meaningless drivel at all. So I'm going to move it to the Java beginners forum. I'm sure that if Anumeha meant it to be a joke, he or she will let us know and it can be moved back.

[Anumeha Taori]

Oh...my mistake !!!
I am new to this forum. I didn't knew to which forum should I post and I posted it randomly. I didn't meant to joke. Sorry !!

[David Newton]

Command line arguments are available in the public static void main(String[] args) parameter.

[Anumeha Taori]

How System.in.read() is used to read the characters and store it in string ?

[David Newton]

It's not, for the command line arguments.

[avi sinha]

System.in is a standard input stream just like System.out which is a standard output stream.it is a byte stream with no character stream features.

to use them efficiently we should wrap them using InputStreamReader or further BufferedReader.

for getting input from command line you can write

BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader ( new InputStreamReader ( System.in ) ) );
String commandInput = br.readLine( ) ;

have a look


avi sinha

[Campbell Ritchie]

If you are using a Java version less than 5 years old, you will have the Scanner class available. This allows easier access to inputs, including System.in. It is much easier to use than System.in.read(). It has various nextXXX() methods, which allow you to read a particular type of input, but not a nextChar() method. You can try next().charAt(0). But most of the time, you don't really want an individual char, you want a "word".
There is a potential confusion with Scanner, that it can return empty Strings; I commented on that problem here a few weeks ago.

If you want a String, the next() and nextLine() methods of the Scanner class are probably what you want.

[Rob Spoor]

Unlike the C function getc(), System.in.read() will not return anything until the user has pressed enter. Keep that in mind.