Java Console Input

Access the Scanner code

import java.util.Scanner;

Put this in the top area of the code between the package name class name.
No need to understand this yet, it will be easier to understand it after you learn what a 'class' is.

Receive user input from the console

Scanner myInputReader = new Scanner (System.in); String myTypedContent = myInputReader.nextLine();

The code following the input commend will not be run until the user types into the console and presses the Enter key.
Usually you should display a prompt (with System.out.println) before receiving user input, so that the user knows what to do.
In this example, the variable 'myTypedContent' will store the value that the user types in.

Receive a specific type of input

int myTypedValue = myInputReader.nextInt();

This also works for nextBoolean, nextFloat, nextDouble, nextLong, etc.

Challenge

Prompt the user for a number, then display that number multiplied by 5.

Quiz

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