How to Save user Input as a Variable - Scanners!

HOW TO USE SCANNERS!

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Throughout the course of your programming adventure you will need to use variables that the user will directly enter. For this, you need to use a Scanner. Using it is extremely simple.

For netbeans: In your code, one line above your public class declaration, type import java.util.Scanner;
This loads the scanner code required to utilize the scanner object.

I'll show you working code, then guide you step by step what each line does in the following text.
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package howtouseasscanner;

import java.util.*;
public class Howtouseasscanner {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
     Scanner sc = new Scanner( System.in );
     System.out.println("What is your name?");
     System.out.print("input, please =>");
     String name = sc.nextLine();
     System.out.println("Hello, " +name+ ". Welcome to Scanners!");
           
    }
}

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package howtouseasscanner;
 class YourName {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

   Scanner sc = new Scanner( System.in);
//-Above is our scanner. Read below for a definition.


//  Scanners are declared the same way as other variables, simply typing Scanner sc declares a scanner 
//variable and names it sc. the new Scanner line tells us that the sc variable will come out to be whatever the 
//new Scanner's double parentheses contains, in this case, the new Scanner line's input would be System.in,
//which is the output window below your code. (see video for step by step visual guide.)

System.out.println("What is your name?");
 //  Prints "What is your name? to the output window.
 System.out.print("input, please =>");
//Asks you to write your name!
String name = sc.nextLine();
//This line commands java to create a String under the label 'name', and to assign it a value of the sc scanner, //which will get it's data by the nextLine function, which in this case, will draw it's data from the input that the //user will give in the output window when prompted for their name.
   System.out.println("Hello, " +name+ ". Welcome to Scanners!");
//Prints the value of the string, name!
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