StringBuffer

[Muhamed Senyonjo]

is their any way i can get user input using the StringBuffer object?

i can usually do it using the scanner class...

Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in)
string name;

System.out.println("what is your name");
name = keyboard.next();

i would like to do the same with stringbuffer.

Thanks for your help.

[Mohamed Sanaulla]

You can get the String from the StringBuffer and use the String along with the java.util.Scanner

And welcome to JR

[Muhamed Senyonjo]

Do we need to cast the StringBuffer into String and then access the scanner class using the casted string refrence;

[Muhamed Senyonjo]

Thanks i got it....

I used

BufferedReader br = new
BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

String name;

System.out.println("what is your name");
name = br.readLine(); // used the readline to read the input from the BufferedReader

System.out.println("Your name is " + name);

Thanks for your help

[Mohamed Sanaulla]

Muhamed Senyonjo wrote:Do we need to cast the StringBuffer into String and then access the scanner class using the casted string refrence;

A look at the API for StringBuffer would have helped you to find out which method gives the String present in the StringBuffer.

Muhamed Senyonjo wrote: Thanks i got it....

You were doing the same when you used Scanner. Just a different API, And by StringBuffer you actually meant BufferedReader?

[Campbell Ritchie]

Mohamed Sanaulla wrote:[ . . .And by StringBuffer you actually meant BufferedReader? . . .

I agree. It can be very confusing when you make that sort of mistake in the thread title.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Muhamed Senyonjo wrote:Do we need to cast the StringBuffer into String and then access the scanner class using the casted string refrence;

You can't cast any of the other classes mentioned here to a String. You have to use the method Mohamed Sanaulla told you to look for.