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Lesson 4: Java User Input Class

Scanner Class, BufferedReader Class and JOptionPane Class

Course Code: ITELEC 1

Course Title: Object-Oriented Programming (Java)
Prepared by: Alvin Herrera, Instructor 1

Lesson Content:
1. What is Scanner Class?
2. What is BufferedReader Class?
3. What is JOptionPane Class?
4. Operators

1. What is Scanner Class?

The Scanner class is present in the [Link] package is used

to obtain input for primitive types like int, double, etc., and
strings.

One of the strengths of Java is the huge libraries of code

available to you. This is code that has been written to do specific
jobs. All you need to do is to reference which library you want to
use, and then call a method into action.

One really useful class that handles input from a user is

called the Scanner class. The Scanner class can be found in the
[Link] library.

To use the Scanner class, you need to reference it in your

code. This is done with the keyword import.

import [Link];

To create a new Scanner object the code is this:

Scanner user_input = new Scanner( [Link] );

So instead of setting up an int variable or a String variable,

we're setting up a Scanner variable. We've called ours user_input.
After an equals sign, we have the keyword new. This is used to
create new objects from a class. The object we're creating is from
the Scanner class. In between round brackets we have to tell java
that this will be System Input ([Link]).
To get the user input, you can call into action one of the many
methods available to your new Scanner object. One of these methods
is called next. This gets the next string of text that a user types
on the keyboard:

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String name;
name = user_input.next();

Example:
Code

// Java program to demonstrate the use of Scanner class

// to take input from user

import [Link];

class Main
{
public static void main(String [] args) {

Scanner user_input = new Scanner([Link]);

String name;

[Link]("Enter your name:");

name = user_input.nextLine();

[Link]("Hello, " + name + " Welcome to the World of

Programming.");

}
}

Output

Enter your name:

Alvin Herrera
Hello, Alvin Herrera Welcome to the World of Programming.

Other Java Scanner Input Types

Method Description

nextBoolean() Used for reading Boolean value

nextDouble() Used for reading Double value

nextFloat() Used for reading Float value

nextInt() Used for reading Int value

nextLine() Used for reading Line value

Example:
Code

// Java program to demonstrate the use of Scanner class

// to take input from user using different input types

import [Link];

class Main
{
public static void main(String [] args) {
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Scanner user_input = new Scanner([Link]);
Boolean isMale;
float height;
int age;
String qoute;

[Link]("Are you a male(true/false): "); isMale

= user_input.nextBoolean();

[Link]("Enter your height in meters: "); height

= user_input.nextFloat();

[Link]("Enter your age: ");

age = user_input.nextInt();

//used to be able to input text, usually the program skips the

input text part
user_input.nextLine();

[Link]("Enter a qoute: ");

qoute = user_input.nextLine();

[Link]("Enter a character: ");

char ch = user_input.nextLine().charAt(0);

[Link]("\nMale: " + isMale);

[Link]("Height: " + height);
[Link]("Age: " + age);
[Link]("Qoute: " + qoute);
[Link]("Character: " + ch);

}
}

Output

Are you a male(true/false): true

Enter your height in meters: 1.75
Enter your age: 23
Enter a qoute: Just do it!
Enter a character: A

Male: true
Height: 1.75
Age: 23
Qoute: Just do it!
Character: A
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2. What is BufferedReader Class?

In Java, Scanner and BufferedReader class are sources that

serve as ways of reading inputs. Scanner class is a simple text
scanner that can parse primitive types and strings. It internally
uses regular expressions to read different types while on the other
hand BufferedReader class reads text from a character-input stream,
buffering characters so as to provide for the efficient reading of
the sequence of characters.

import [Link].*; // import the BufferedReader class

// Creating object of the BufferedReader class inside main() method

BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader([Link]));

You can then use the readLine() method and parse the input to
a specific type of data.

Example:
Code

// Java program to demonstrate the use of BufferedReader

class // to take input from user

import [Link].*;

class Main
{
public static void main(String [] args)throws IOException {

BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new

InputStreamReader([Link]));

[Link]("Enter an integer");
int number = [Link]([Link]());

[Link]("Number = " + number);

}
}

Output

Enter an integer
5
Number = 5

Other Parsing Methods:

1. [Link]()
2. [Link]()
3. [Link]()
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4. [Link]()
5. [Link]()
6. [Link]()
7. [Link]()
8. [Link]()

3. What is JOptionPane Class?

Another useful class for accepting user input, and displaying

results, is the JOptionPane class. This is located in the
[Link] library. The JOptionPane class helps us to create dialog
boxes such as message dialogs, confirmation dialogs, input dialogs,
and options dialogs.

The first thing to do is to reference the library we want to

use:

import [Link];

This tells java that we want to use the JOptionPane class,

located in the [Link] library.

1. JOptionPane – Input Dialog

To get an input box that the user can type into, we can
use the showInputDialog method of JOptionPane.

Syntax:
1. Basic Input Dialog
[Link](
String message
);
2. Parent Component
[Link](
Component parentComponent,
Object message
);
Note: use null to center the dialog on screen
3. Formatted Input Dialog
[Link](
Component parentComponent,
Object message,
String title,
int messageType
);

List of Message Type

∙ JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE

∙ JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE

∙ JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE

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∙ JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE

∙ JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE

Example:
// Java program to demonstrate the use of JOptionPane
class // with input dialog

import [Link];

class Main
{
public static void main(String [] args){

JOptionPane joption = new JOptionPane();

String full_name;

Full_name = [Link](null, "What is your Full Name:",

"Question", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);

}
}

Output:

2. JOptionPane – Message Dialog

To use a message box that displays information on screen,

we can use the showMessageDialog method of JOptionPane.

Syntax:
1. Basic Message Dialog
[Link](
 Component parentComponent,
String message
);
2. Formatted Message Dialog

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[Link](
Component parentComponent,
Object message,
String title,
int messageType
);
Note: use null to center the dialog on screen

List of Message Type

∙ JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE

∙ JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE

∙ JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE

∙ JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE

∙ JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE

Example:
// Java program to demonstrate the use of JOptionPane
class // with message dialog

import [Link];

class Main
{
public static void main(String [] args){

JOptionPane joption = new JOptionPane();

String full_name;

full_name = [Link](null, "What is your Full Name:",

"Question", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);

[Link](null, "Nice to meet you, " + full_name,

"Message", joption.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
}
}
Output:

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Website | [Link]
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JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION - OK and Cancel

Sto. Tomas Campus
Example:

3. JOptionPane – Confirm Dialog // Java program to demonstrate th

class // with confirm dialog
To use confirm, we can use the
showConfirmDialog method import [Link];
of JOptionPane.
class Main
Syntax: {
1. Basic Confirm Dialog public static void main(String [
[Link](
Component parentComponent, JOptionPane joption = new J
Object message
); String full_name;
2. Formatted Confirm Dialog
[Link](
full_name = [Link]
Component parentComponent,
"Question", JOptionPane.QUESTION_
Object message,
String title,
int optionType, [Link](n
int messageType "Message", joption.INFORMATION_ME
);
Note: use null to center the dialog on screen int option;

List of Option Type

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button FERNANDO Office Address | Moras dela Paz,
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Email Address |
∙ JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION - Yes and No santotomascampus@[Link] •
Contact No. | (0921) 373 0913 Website |
[Link]
∙ JOptionPane.YES_NO_CANCEL_OPTION - Yes, No,
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option = [Link](null, "Do you want to Continue?",
"Confirmation", joption.YES_NO_OPTION, joption.QUESTION_MESSAGE);

if (option == 0) {
[Link](null, "You chose yes!", "Message",
joption.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
}
if (option == 1) {
[Link](null, "You chose no.", "Message",
joption.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
}
Output:

4. JOptionPane – Option Dialog

To create a custom option, we can use the

showOptionDialog method of JOptionPane.

Syntax:
1. Formatted Option Dialog
[Link](
Component parentComponent,
Object message,

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 // Java program to demonstrate th
class // with option dialog

import [Link];

class Main
{
public static void main(String [

JOptionPane joption = new J

String full_name;

full_name = [Link]
"Question", JOptionPane.QUESTION_

[Link](n
"Message", joption.INFORMATION_ME

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if (option == 0) {
Sto. Tomas Campus [Link](null,
joption.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
String title, }
int optionType, if (option == 1) {
int messageType, [Link](null,
Icon icon, joption.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
Object[] options, }
Object initialValue
); String[] options = { "brown
int dessert = [Link]
Example: "Select one:", joption.DEFAULT_O
options, options[0]);
if (dessert == 0) {

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 [Link](null, "You chose a brownie!", "Message",
joption.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
}
if (dessert == 1) {
[Link](null, "You chose pie.", "Message",
joption.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
}
if (dessert == 2) {
[Link](null, "You chose cake!", "Message",
joption.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
}

}
}
}

Output:

4. Operators
Commonly used operators:
1. Assignment Operator
2. Arithmetic Operators
3. Compound Assignment
4. Increase and Decrease
5. Relational and Equality Operators
6. Logical Operators
7. Conditional Operator
 8. Comma Operator
9. Operator Precedence

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1. Assignment Operator

The assignment operator (=) assigns a value to a variable.

Example:
int num = 5;

This statement assigns the integer value 5 to the variable

num. The part at the left of the assignment operator (=) is known as
the lvalue (left value) and the right one as the rvalue (right
value). The lvalue has to be a variable whereas the rvalue can be
either a constant, a variable, the result of an operation or any
combination of these. The most important rule when assigning is the
right-to-left rule: The assignment operation always takes place from
right to left, and never the other way.

Example:
Code Output

public class Main{ num = 5

public static void main(String []
args){

int num = 5; // assign value 5 to

variable num

[Link](“num = ” +
num);
}
}

2. Arithmetic Operators

The five arithmetic operators are +, -, *, /, %.

Operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

literally correspond with their respective mathematical operators.

The only one that you might not be so used to see is modulo;
whose operator is the percentage sign (%). Modulo is the
operation that gives the remainder of a division of two values.
For example, if we write:

int remainder = 11 % 3;

The variable remainder will contain the value 2, since 2 is the

remainder from dividing 11 between 3.
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Example:
Code Output

public class Main{ remainder = 2

public static void main(String []
args){

int remainder = 11 % 3; // store

the remainder to variable
remainder

[Link](“remainder = ”
+ remainder);
}
}

3. Compound Assignment

When we want to modify the value of a variable by performing an

operation on the value currently stored in that variable we can use
compound assignment operators:
expression is equivalent to

value += increase; value = value + increase;

a -= 5; a = a - 5;

a /= b; a = a / b;

price *= units + 1; price = price * (units + 1);

Example:
Code Output

public class Main{ num = 6

public static void main(String [] num = 5
args){ num = 2
num = 4
int num = 5;

[Link]("num = " + (num

+= 1));
[Link]("num = " + (num
-= 1));
[Link]("num = " + (num
/= 2));
[Link]("num = " + (num
*= 2));
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}
}

4. Increase and Decrease

Shortening even more some expressions, the increase operator (++)

and the decrease operator (--) increase or reduce by one the value
stored in a variable. They are equivalent to +=1 and to -=1,
respectively. Thus:

num++;
num += 1;
num = num + 1;
are all equivalent in its functionality: the three of them increase
by one the value of num.

Example:
Code Output

public class Main{ num = 10

public static void main(String [] num = 10
args){ num = 10

int num = 9;

num++;
[Link]("num = " +
num);

num = 9;

num += 1;
[Link]("num = " +
num);

num = 9;

num = num + 1;
[Link]("num = " +
num);

}
}

5. Relational and Equality Operators

In order to evaluate a comparison between two expressions we can

use the relational and equality operators.

== - Equal To
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!= - Not Equal To
> - Greater Than
< - Less Than
>= - Greater Than or Equal To
<= - Less Than or Equal To

The result of a relational operation is a Boolean value that can

only be true or false, according to its Boolean result. We may want
to compare two expressions, for example, to know if they are equal
or if one is greater than the other is.

Example:
Code Output

public class Main{ 8 == 8 = true

public static void main(String [] 8 != 8 = false
args){ 12 < 8 = false
5 > 8 = false
[Link]("8 == 8 = " + 9 <= 8 = false
(8 == 8));
[Link]("8 != 8 = " + 8 >= 17 = false
(8 != 8));
[Link]("12 < 8 = " +
(12 < 8));
[Link]("5 > 8 = " + (5
> 8));
[Link]("9 <= 8 = " +
(9 <= 8));
[Link]("8 >= 17 = " +
(8 >= 17));

}
}

6. Logical Operators

The Operator ! is the C++ operator to perform the Boolean

operation NOT, it has only one operand, located at its right, and
the only thing that it does is to inverse the value of it, producing
false if its operand is true and true if its operand is false.
Basically, it returns the opposite Boolean value of evaluating its
operand. For example:

The logical operators && and || are used when evaluating two
expressions to obtain a single relational result. The operator &&
corresponds with Boolean logical operation AND. This operation
results true if both its two operands are true, and false otherwise.
The following panel shows the result of operator && evaluating the
expression a && b:
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&& OPERATOR

The operator || corresponds with Boolean logical operation OR. This

operation results true if either one of its two operands is true,
thus being false only when both operands are false themselves. Here
are the possible results of a || b:

|| OPERATOR

Example:
Code Output

public class Main{ !(8 == 8) = false

public static void main(String [] (5 > 6) && (5 == 5) = false
args){ (5 > 6) || (5 == 5) = true

[Link]("!(8 == 8) = "
+ (!(8 == 8)));
[Link]("(5 > 6) && (5
== 5) = " + ((5 > 6) && (5 ==
5))); [Link]("(5 > 6)
|| (5 == 5) = " + ((5 > 6) || (5
== 5)));

}
}

7. Conditional Operator

The conditional operator evaluates an expression returning a

value if that expression is true and a different one if the
expression is evaluated as false.

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Syntax:
condition ? result1 : result2

Example:
Code Output

public class Main{ 8 is not equal to 5

public static void main(String []
args){

String result = 8 == 5? "8 is

equal to 5": "8 is not equal to
5"; [Link](result);

}
}

8. Comma Operator

The comma operator (,) is used to separate two or more variables.

Example:
Code Output

public class Main{

public static void main(String []
args){

int num1, num2, num3;

float num1, num2, num3;
}
}

9. Operator Precedence

When writing complex expressions with several operands, we may

have some doubts about which operand is evaluated first and which
later.

For example, in this expression:

a = 5 + 7 % 2;
we may doubt if it really means:
a = 5 + (7 % 2) // with a result of 6, or
a = (5 + 7) % 2 // with a result of 0

The correct answer is the first of the two expressions, with a

result of 6. There is an established order with the priority of each
operator, and not only the arithmetic ones (those whose preference
come from mathematics) but for all the operators which can appear in
 C++.

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● Multiplication and Division has higher precedence than Addition

and Subtraction.
● Additon and Subraction has lower precedence than Multiplication
and Division.

Exercises:

1. Get an integer input from the user and store it to a variable, then
display the value.

Sample Output:

Enter a number: 7
You entered 7.

2. Get an integer input from the user and store the remainder to a
variable, the display the value.

Sample Output:

Enter a number: 10
The remainder of 10 divide by 3 is 1.

3. Get an integer input from the user and increase it by 2, 3 times.

Sample Output:

Enter a number: 5
1st = 7
2nd = 9
3rd = 11

4. Get two integer input from the user and test if they are equal,
display the problem and result either true or false.

Sample Output:

Enter first number: 21

Enter second number: 22
false

5. Create a login program that ask a user to enter his/her username and
password and display appropriate message after validation. Let’s say
his/her username is starboy21 and password is 33444.

Sample Output:

Enter username: starboy21

Enter password: 33444
Login Success!
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Review Questions and their answers

1. What is the purpose of the Scanner class in Java?

Ans. The Scanner class is used to read input from the user, such as
strings, integers, or other primitive types, from the console.

2. How do you create a Scanner object to read user input from the
keyboard?

Ans. Scanner input = new Scanner([Link]);

3. What is the difference between next() and nextLine() methods in

Scanner?

Ans. next() reads a single word, while nextLine() reads an entire line of
text including spaces.

4. What is the BufferedReader class used for in Java?

Ans. BufferedReader reads text from an input stream efficiently by

buffering characters, often used for reading input from the user via the
console.

5. How do you convert input from BufferedReader to an integer?

Ans. Use [Link]([Link]()) to convert the string input into

an integer.

6. What is the use of the JOptionPane class in Java?

Ans. JOptionPane is used to create pop-up dialog boxes for input,

messages, confirmation, and options in GUI-based applications.

7. What method of JOptionPane is used to get user input?

Ans. The showInputDialog() method is used to display a dialog box that

accepts user input.

8. What is the purpose of arithmetic operators in Java?

Ans. Arithmetic operators (+, -, *, /, %) are used to perform basic

mathematical operations on numeric values.

9. How does the conditional operator (? :) work in Java?

Ans. The conditional operator returns one of two values depending on

whether the condition is true or false, using the syntax:

condition ? value_if_true : value_if_false.

10. What does operator precedence mean, and why is it important?

Ans. Operator precedence determines the order in which operations are

performed in an expression. It's important to ensure correct calculation,
especially in complex expressions.

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