Console input question -- how to wait for Enter key?

[Doug Lowe]

In Java 1.5, what's the easiest way to get a console java app to stop until
the user presses the Enter key?

I want to do something like this:

Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
String answer;
....
System.out.print("Press Enter to continue...");
answer = sc.next();

But unfortunately the Scanner class makes you actually enter something, it
doesn't accept an empty string.

Any help would be appreciated! TIA

[Hal Rosser]

"Doug Lowe" <Do*******@spam-LoweWriter.com> wrote in message
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In Java 1.5, what's the easiest way to get a console java app to stop until the user presses the Enter key?

I want to do something like this:

Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
String answer;
...
System.out.print("Press Enter to continue...");
answer = sc.next();

But unfortunately the Scanner class makes you actually enter something, it
doesn't accept an empty string.

Any help would be appreciated! TIA

here's an example
http://leepoint.net/notes-java/41io/...10console.html

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[Doug Lowe]

Thanks Hal. I should have been more clear in my post -- I'm pretty
experienced & know how to use BufferedReader. Its a teaching situation, so I
don't want to burden students with throws quite yet. The new Scanner class
in 5.0 is a great feature since it simplifies console apps in a standardized
way and swallows the IOException.

I was hoping maybe someone knew how to coax it into reading empty tokens, eg
the Enter key with no data input. Anyone know if its possible?

--D
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"Doug Lowe" <Do*******@spam-LoweWriter.com> wrote in message
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In Java 1.5, what's the easiest way to get a console java app to stop

until

the user presses the Enter key?

I want to do something like this:

Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
String answer;
...
System.out.print("Press Enter to continue...");
answer = sc.next();

But unfortunately the Scanner class makes you actually enter something, it doesn't accept an empty string.

Any help would be appreciated! TIA

here's an example
http://leepoint.net/notes-java/41io/...10console.html

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