User Input: Programming Can Be More Productive Having Interaction From The User

USER
INPUT
Programming can be
more productive
having interaction
from the user.
Getting input from the keyboard
When the program gets input from the keyboard implies that the user is
acting interactively. We have three ways to ask input.
Buffered Reader
In this section, we will use the BufferedReader class found in the java.io
package in order to get input from the keyboard. It creates a buffering
character‐input stream that uses a default‐sized input buffer.
Using bufferedReader class, first we import the bufferReader class out of
the java.io package by having this statement:
import java.io.bufferedReader;
or the other way around
import java.io.*;
Which loads all classes found in the io package to have access and use
those classes inside our program.
Then we add the statement,
BufferedReader dataIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
Here we are declaring a variable named br with the class type

BufferedReader. Since, System.in extracts data in the form of
bytes from the input stream we wrap it with a BufferedReader to
decodes them into character stream. A line at a time is read using
the readLine(); method.
Here is the complete code:
import java.io.*;
public class bufferedreader1 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
BufferedReader dataIn = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(System.in));
String msg=" ";
try {
System.out.print("Enter first and last name: ");
msg = dataIn.readLine();
System.out.print("Hello" +" " + msg +"!");
}
catch (IOException e)
{
System.out.print("error");
}
}
}
Scanner
Another method of getting input from the keyboard is by
using Scanner class which can be found in java.util package.
Objects of type Scanner are useful for breaking down formatted
input into tokens and translating individual tokens according to
their data type. By default, a scanner uses white space to
separate tokens.
Consider the given program,
We start by importing the class Scanner which is contained in
the java.util package so we can have access to it.
import java.util.Scanner;
Here in the statement
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
What happened is that we create an input stream object sc and associate it
with the standard input device. Remember that scanner is predefined java
class. Now let’s evaluate this statement
System.out.println(sc.nextLine());
In here, we retrieve the next input as a string until the end of the line and the
value of the expression is the next input line. As it scans for the next input it
skips for any whitespace character.
Here is the complete code:
Import java.util.Scanner;
public class scanner1
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.print("Enter name: ");
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print(sc.nextLine());
}
}
JOptionPane
One way of to get input from the user is by using the
JOptionPane class which is found in javax.swing package.
JOptionPane provides more interactive prepackaged dialog
boxes both for input and output. Invoking JOption method, the
input dialogs (showInputMessage) and message dialogs
(showMessageDialog) are displayed.
Syntax of showInputMessage:
JOptiopane.showInputMessage(strExpression);
Syntax of showMessageDialog:
JOptiopane.showInputMessage(parentComponet,
messageStringExpression, boxTitle,messageType);
Consider the following program:
import javax.swing.*;
public class joptionpane
{
public static void main( String[] args )
{
String name = " ";
name = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter Name: ");
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Hello " + name + "!");
}
}
Having the first statement
This is an indication that the class JOptionPane will be use and will be
imported from the javax.swing package.
In the next statement, it obtain users input from JOptionPane input
dialogs and stores the string in the variable name. Displayed in the
input dialog are textfield where in the user entered the data and an OK
button to submit the string to the program.
name=JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter first and last name: ");
Figure 5.0: An Example of a Java input dialog

The next statement display result in a JOptionPane message dialog.
Here the stored string value is displayed.
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Hello " + name +"!");
Sample program 2:
public class joptionpane1
{
public static void main( String[] args )
{
int num=0;
int num1=0;
num = Integer.parseInt (JOptionPane.showInputDialog ("Enter 1st number:"));
num1 = Integer.parseInt (JOptionPane.showInputDialog ("Enter 2nd
number:"));
int sum = num + num1;
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Sum of two numbers: " + sum,
"Summation",JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
}
}
Notice the parameters inside the message dialog,
(null,"Sum of two numbers: " + sum,"Summation",
JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
Null here specifies that the program uses a default component that
causes the dialog box to appear in the middle of the screen. Remember
that null is a reserved word in java.
The messageString “Sum of two numbers” is evaluated and it
appears in the dialog box. “Summation” here is represents the title of
the dialog box. Lastly, the messageType
JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE is an int value
representing the type of the icon that will appear in the dialog box. You
can use certaion JOptionPane options stated below.
Figure 5.1: An Example of a Java display dialog

Below show the option of the class JOptionPane that can be used
with the parameter messageType.
Figure 5.2: JOptionPane messageType parameter

Test YourSelf
Create a program that will ask input a number input from the
user. The program will then output the number in words. Input
ranges from 1‐10. If number inputted is out of range, display
"INVALID INPUT". Use any control structure and JOptionPane
to display the output.

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Here we are declaring a variable named br with the class type

Figure 5.0: An Example of a Java input dialog

Figure 5.1: An Example of a Java display dialog

Figure 5.2: JOptionPane messageType parameter

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