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Java

Posted by Andrew Husted
Andrew Husted
11,271 Points

Can we scan line for character directly or do we have to scan for string first?

We are currently doing this:

public boolean promptForGuess(){ Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.print("Guess a letter: "); String guessInput = scan.nextline(); char letter = guessInput.charAt(0); return game.applyGuess(letter); }

Is there a simpler method where we scan for a char, so that we don't have to define a new variable that is the first char of the entered string? Would this cause problems if a string were input?

1 Answer

Jake Goodman
Jake Goodman
3,381 Points
Jake Goodman
Jake Goodman
3,381 Points

Unfortunately there is no method on the Scanner class that reads a character. For example "scan.nextChar()". Assigning the first character of the inputted String is the best way (even though it's pretty ugly). If you want to read more about the Scanner class, check out : https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Scanner.html