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Emmanuel Vlamakis wrote:
> 
> Hello, I'm new to Java and trying to learn it on my own.  One thing I
> haven't yet been able to figure out is how do I get user input from the
> keyboard.  For example, in C++ I might have...
> 
> int main()
> {
>     int Temp;
> 
>     cout <<"Please enter a number: ";
>     cin >>Temp;
> 
>     return 0;
> }
> 
> How would I write the equivalent code in Java? Please show me an example.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Emmanuel Vlamakis

Hello Emmanuel,

  In Java the input stream is System.in
and the output stream is System.out

so, to print a line:
    System.out.println("please enter a number:");

and to read a line,
   byte AByteArray[10];
   System.in.read(AByteArray);

this isn't very friendly to integers or any other type other than byte,
so java.io provides DataInputStream to take care of this problem.

Now ,  DataInputStream takes an inputstream as a parameter to it's 
constructor, so you can just pass System.in.

and this our code is 
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////
DataInputStream s = new DataInputStream(System.in);   
System.out.println("please enter a number:");
int theNumber;
theNumber=s.readInt();
///////////////////////////////////////////////////// 


Take a look at the DataInputStream class, since it should have
just about all the functionality you need.

Hope this helps!
Clint Brewer