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~s.o.s~ · Oct 31st, 2007, 8:56 PM

> Why is there a need to use those lines of code when you use the readLine() function?
Scanner class was introduced in JDK 1.5 as a utility class which would serve as a golden hammer when doing I/O. Prior to that, if you wanted to accept user input via console, you had to use the BufferedReader, the way it is specified in the second post.

Oct 31st, 2007, 8:56 PM	#6
~s.o.s~ Megalomaniac Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Re: Buffered input? > Why is there a need to use those lines of code when you use the readLine() function? Scanner class was introduced in JDK 1.5 as a utility class which would serve as a golden hammer when doing I/O. Prior to that, if you wanted to accept user input via console, you had to use the BufferedReader, the way it is specified in the second post. __________________ "Be and not seem."