String (Beginning Java forum at Coderanch)

Post by: akhilesh bar , Greenhorn

Sep 11, 2010 23:22:15

hi to everybody...
please tell me that why does Java takes input in the form of String??

Post by: Devaka Cooray , Marshal staff

Sep 12, 2010 00:16:46

akhilesh bar wrote:why does Java takes input in the form of String??

What input? If the input is a text, String would be the best way to get it because String can hold a text.

Post by: akhilesh bar , Greenhorn

Sep 12, 2010 03:57:55

hi devaka..

according to my knowledge... java takes inputs as a string and then converts it into the desired type...for example static void main(String [] args) !!!

Post by: Wouter Oet , Bartender staff

Sep 12, 2010 04:44:27

You're referring to command-line arguments. That's because java uses the String to hold text.
"Input" is very imprecise. Could you specify what do mean exactly.

Post by: fred rosenberger , lowercase baba staff

Sep 12, 2010 07:09:53

because anything and everything you type from a keyboard CAN be represented as a String...but the same isn't really true for other variable types.

That's what I've always thought.

Post by: Ninad Kuchekar , Ranch Hand

Sep 12, 2010 08:11:34

Hi Akhilesh,

Please be specific with your subject...thanks in advance.

If you are passing arguments from the console then they have to be accepted as text(in this case String format).
Even if you type in a number you have to parse the String to the desired format.