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Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2024
Java brings various Streams with its I/O package that helps the user perform all
the Java input-output operations. These streams support all types of objects, data
types, characters, files, etc. to fully execute the I/O operations. Input in Java
can be with certain methods mentioned below in the article.

Methods to Take Input in Java

There are two ways by which we can take Java input from the user or from a file

BufferedReader Class
Scanner Class
1. Using BufferedReader Class for String Input In Java
It is a simple class that is used to read a sequence of characters. It has a simple
function read that reads a character, another read which reads an array of
characters, and a readLine() function which reads a line.

InputStreamReader is a class that converts the input stream of bytes into a stream
of characters, allowing it to be read by BufferedReader, which expects a stream of
characters.

Note: BufferedReader can throw checked exceptions.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

// Java Program for taking user

// input using BufferedReader Class
import java.io.*;

class GFG {

// Main Method
public static void main(String[] args)
throws IOException
{
// Creating BufferedReader Object
// InputStreamReader converts bytes to
// stream of character
BufferedReader bfn = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(System.in));

// String reading internally

String str = bfn.readLine();

// Integer reading internally

int it = Integer.parseInt(bfn.readLine());
 // Printing String
System.out.println("Entered String : " + str);

// Printing Integer
System.out.println("Entered Integer : " + it);
}
}

Output:
Mayank Solanki
888
Entered String : Mayank Solanki
Entered Integer : 888
Using Buffer Reader Class To Read the Input
Below is the implementation of the above approach:

import java.io.*;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
class Easy {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// creating the instance of class BufferedReader
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String name;
try {
System.out.println("Enter your name");
name = reader.readLine(); // taking string input
System.out.println("Name=" + name);
}
catch (Exception e) {
}
}
}
Output:

Enter your name:

Geeks
Name=Geeks
2. Using Scanner Class for Taking Input in Java
It is an advanced version of BufferedReader which was added in later versions of
Java. The scanner can read formatted input. It has different functions for
different types of data types.

The scanner is much easier to read as we don’t have to write throws as there is no
exception thrown by it.
It was added in later versions of Java
It contains predefined functions to read an Integer, Character, and other data
types as well.
Syntax of Scanner class:
Scanner scn = new Scanner(System.in);
Importing Scanner Class:
‘To use the Scanner we need to import the Scanner class from the util package as

import java.util.Scanner;
Inbuilt Scanner functions are as follows:
Integer: nextInt()
Float: nextFloat()
String : next() and nextLine()
Hence, in the case of Integer and String in Scanner, we don’t require parsing as we
did require in BufferedReader.

// Java Program to show how to take

// input from user using Scanner Class

import java.util.*;

class GFG {

public static void main(String[] args)

{
// Scanner definition
Scanner scn = new Scanner(System.in);

// input is a string ( one word )

// read by next() function
String str1 = scn.next();

// print String
System.out.println("Entered String str1 : " + str1);

// input is a String ( complete Sentence )

// read by nextLine()function
String str2 = scn.nextLine();

// print string
System.out.println("Entered String str2 : " + str2);

// input is an Integer
// read by nextInt() function
int x = scn.nextInt();

// print integer
System.out.println("Entered Integer : " + x);

// input is a floatingValue
// read by nextFloat() function
float f = scn.nextFloat();

// print floating value

System.out.println("Entered FloatValue : " + f);
}
}

Output:
Entered String str1 : Geeks
Entered String str2 : Geeks For Geeks
Entered Integer : 123
Entered FloatValue : 123.090
Example 2:

// Java Program to implement

// Scanner Class to take input
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Scanner;

// Driver Class
class Easy {
// main function
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// creating the instance of class Scanner
Scanner obj = new Scanner(System.in);
String name;
int rollno;
float marks;

System.out.println("Enter your name");

// taking string input

name = obj.nextLine();
System.out.println("Enter your rollno");

// taking integer input

rollno = obj.nextInt();
System.out.println("Enter your marks");

// taking float input

marks = obj.nextFloat();

// printing the output

System.out.println("Name=" + name);
System.out.println("Rollno=" + rollno);
System.out.println("Marks=" + marks);
}
}

Output:
Enter your name
Geeks
Enter your rollno
5
Enter your marks
84.60
Name=Geeks
Rollno=5
Marks=84.60
Differences Between BufferedReader and Scanner
BufferedReader is a very basic way to read the input generally used to read the
stream of characters. It gives an edge over Scanner as it is faster than Scanner
because Scanner does lots of post-processing for parsing the input; as seen in
nextInt(), nextFloat()
BufferedReader is more flexible as we can specify the size of stream input to be
read. (In general, it is there that BufferedReader reads larger input than Scanner)
These two factors come into play when we are reading larger input. In general, the
Scanner Class serves the input.
BufferedReader is preferred as it is synchronized. While dealing with multiple
threads it is preferred.
For decent input, and easy readability. The Scanner is preferred over
BufferedReader.
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