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Java

Posted by Jacob Arsement
Jacob Arsement
3,048 Points

Scanner vs. Console for reading input

In the Java Basics course, the console utility is introduced. I'm curious as to why this is the preferred way to read input over using Scanner. Thanks!

2 Answers

Matthew Magee
Matthew Magee
8,772 Points
Matthew Magee
Matthew Magee
8,772 Points

with console you can use the format string syntax, which is what they use a lot at the beginning.

Jacob Arsement
Jacob Arsement
3,048 Points
Jacob Arsement
Jacob Arsement
3,048 Points

Thanks, Matthew.