Is there an equivalent method to C's scanf in Java?

Question

Java has the notion of format strings, bearing a strong resemblance to format strings in other languages. It is used in JDK methods like String#format() for output conversion.

I was wondering if there's an input conversion method akin to C's scanf in Java?

Answer 1

Take a look at this site, it explains two methods for reading from console in java, using Scanner or the classical InputStreamReader from System.in.

Following code is taken from cited website:

import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader;  public class ReadConsoleSystem {   public static void main(String[] args) {      System.out.println("Enter something here : ");      try{         BufferedReader bufferRead = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));         String s = bufferRead.readLine();          System.out.println(s);     }     catch(IOException e)     {         e.printStackTrace();     }    } } 

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import java.util.Scanner;  public class ReadConsoleScanner {   public static void main(String[] args) {        System.out.println("Enter something here : ");         String sWhatever;         Scanner scanIn = new Scanner(System.in);        sWhatever = scanIn.nextLine();         scanIn.close();                    System.out.println(sWhatever);   } } 

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