package program5;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 
/**
example for buffered input reader for text input
*/
 
public class BufferReader
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    BufferedReader userInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    try
    {
    System.out.print("Enter a string integer number: ");
    int ans = Integer.parseInt(userInput.readLine());
    System.out.println("The user input is: " + ans);
    System.out.print("Enter a string name: ");
    String name = userInput.readLine();
    System.out.println("The name is: " + name);
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
    }
  }
}

import javax.swing.*;
class EchoString
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    String message = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter a line of text.");
    System.out.println("You entered: \"" + message + "\"");
    //or better yet
    //JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You entered: \"" + message + "\"")l
  }
}

public static String readString()
{
      int     ch = 0;
      String  r = "";
      boolean done = false;
 
      while (!done)
      {
         try
         {
            ch = System.in.read();
            if (ch < 0 || (char)ch == '\n')
               done = true;
            else if ( (char) ch != '\r')
               r = r + (char) ch;
         }
         catch(java.io.IOException e)
         {
            done = true;
            return null;
         }
      }
      lastChar = ch;
      return r;
}