Scanner characters?

Question

Does Java.util.Scanner have input for characters? (Char) Like nextChar or similar. Not string.

I would want to make an Array of characters to be able to index Char arrays like you could index Strings in Python.

Answer 1

From what I've seen how people accept character here I've learned that String input is taken first, then use <String object>.charAt() method passing the desired character index to get the character.

Alternatively you can convert a String object into a char array by using <String object>.toCharArray() method which returns a character array containing the String object contents.

import java.util.Scanner;

public class StringToCharArray
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);

String s = reader.nextLine();
reader.close();
System.out.println("The string:\n" + s);
char[] carr = s.toCharArray();
System.out.println("\nThe character array:");
for(int i = 0; i < carr.length; ++i)
System.out.print(carr[i] + " ");
}
}

Hth, cmiiw

Answer 2

Ipang That's a lot what I've searched for, thanks!

Answer 3

You're welcome Seb TheS, happy coding : )