Using scanner to get input not printing as expected

Question

This is for a friend of mine who is having trouble with Java for school.

I do know some programming, but not Java.

Scanner kbReader = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Name of item: ");
String name = kbReader.next();
System.out.println("Original price of item: $");
double price = kbReader.nextDouble();

Outputs:

Name of item: Coat
Original price of item: $

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Why is the input for "Original price of item: $" on the next line? I was guessing it was because I went from String to double, but can't think of a different way to do it?

Answer 1

If you use

System.out.println()

Java will put a newline after the output, if you use

System.out.print()

Java won't put a newline after the output.