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Mark Chang
5,214 PointsJava console and System
What different between console.printf(); and System.out.println();
- What different between Console console = System.console(); and Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
Brandon Khan
21,619 PointsBrandon Khan
21,619 PointsThe scanner is a class in java.util package used for obtaining the input of the primitive types https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Scanner.html console object gives you a way to interact with the console or terminal from where you ran the program. For example, taking input or printing to the screen
they both accept input but in different ways.