Scanner Class in Java - CodingAliens

Taking Input from the user in Java -

For taking input from the user,you need 3 steps to do it.
step 1) import Scanner package  

import java.util.Scanner;

step 2) Create object of Scanner Class
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);


step 3) Assign the object value to  the variable
int amount = scan.nextInt();



Example : Taking Different Types of Input

import java.util.Scanner; public class CodingAliens {     public static void main(String[] args) {         Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);         System.out.println("Hello..! Enter your name -");         String name = scan.nextLine();         System.out.println("Hello " + name + "..!"                 + " Please enter the principal amount -");         int amount = scan.nextInt();         System.out.println("Enter the rate percentage -");         float rate = scan.nextFloat();         System.out.println("Enter the time period -");         int time = scan.nextInt();         float interest = amount * time * rate;         System.out.println("Your interest amount is - "                 + interest);     } }