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How to Input string/values? (beginner) (Read 793 times)
buzoo
How to Input string/values? (beginner)
Oct 2nd, 2005, 1:53pm  
...such as the INPUT (BASIC) command and cin in c++?
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Re: How to Input string/values? (beginner)
Reply #1 - Oct 2nd, 2005, 3:53pm  
There's no such thing really (to my knowledge).

If Java has a console programming environment, then Processing covers that.

There's no input like CIN unless you write it yourself through void keyPressed()
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Re: How to Input string/values? (beginner)
Reply #2 - Oct 2nd, 2005, 4:18pm  
It's possible, but it's a inherently different approach to programming.  Processing creates GUI applications that do not use a console whatsoever.  If you were to run your own main() process, you could use System.in/System.out much as you would use them in c or c++, but you will notice when you run a processing application, there is no interactive console (the output screen in the IDE does not support input, as far as I know).

So to input you would likely what to do it from the GUI. Perhaps make a class with a String or StringBuilder member variable, then with each call to keyTyped(), add a letter to the buffer (checking for backspace and enter keys).

Marcello
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