Scanner doesn't see after space

Question

I am writing a program that asks for the person's full name and then takes that input and reverses it (i.e John Doe - Doe, John). I started by trying to just get the input, but it is only getting the first name.

Here is my code:

public static void processName(Scanner scanner) {     System.out.print("Please enter your full name: ");     String name = scanner.next();     System.out.print(name); } 

Answer 1

Change to String name = scanner.nextLine(); instead of String name = scanner.next();

See more on documentation here - next() and nextLine()

Answer 2

Try replacing your code

String name = scanner.nextLine(); 

instead

String name = scanner.next(); 

next() can read the input only till the space. It can't read two words separated by space. Also, next() places the cursor in the same line after reading the input.

nextLine() reads input including space between the words (that is, it reads till the end of line \n). Once the input is read, nextLine() positions the cursor in the next line.