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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Censoring Words - Using String Equality

Christian Baliker
Christian Baliker
453 Points
Posted by Christian Baliker
Christian Baliker
453 Points

How is Console different than Scanner?

Hi, I was wondering what the difference was between console and scanner when prompting the user for something? In my class we use Scanner, so it would be interesting to know how these to differentiate.

1 Answer

Sara Lopes
Sara Lopes
1,556 Points
Sara Lopes
Sara Lopes
1,556 Points

Hi,

As per https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17637032/bufferedreader-vs-console-vs-scanner

Scanner Since Java 1.5 Doesn't throw checked exceptions Can read lines, whitespace-delimited tokens, regex-delimited tokens, and numbers Difficult to read single characters

Console Since Java 1.6 Doesn't throw checked exceptions Can read lines Underlying reader can read chars and char arrays (stops at line bounds) Not always available (e.g. Eclipse) Can read passwords (i.e. read without displaying the characters)

Thank you