Hi,

I am new to Processing and like it a lot so far. But I am puzzled: is there no way to read text input like System.in.read()?

TIA,

Michael.

ok.

I tried

String input;
boolean done = false;
String result ="";


while (!done){

}
println( "\ninput: " + result);

void keyPressed(){
 if(key == CODED) {

   if ((keyCode == 16) || (keyCode == ENTER)) {
     //print( "DONE" + keyCode);      
     done = true;
   }

 }    
 else {
   print( key );
   result = result + key;
 }
 //println( "\n" + ergebnis );
}

but Processing doesn't like it -> it stalls. I also tried:


double value = 0.0;
 System.out.println( "start" );
try{
 byte [] b = new byte [200];
 System.in.read(b);
 value = (new Double(new String(b))).doubleValue();
 
 System.out.println( value );
}
catch(Exception e){
}
 System.out.println( "end" );


but that just outputs "start / end" and it's not waiting for input.

any help very much appreciated.

Cheerio,

Michael.

Thanks for the applet! Actually, what I need is code that I can wrap into a method that returns a string/int, and which I can preferably call from the non-"setup+draw" mode.

e.g.
System.out.println("whats your size");
int s = getANumber();
if ( s > 12 ) ....

int getANumber(){
...
}

I.e. I do not want a method to be triggered when the int is entered, but rather have an algorithm that waits for input and continues when that is done. Maybe I am lacking some programming techniques here.

Thanks so far,

Michael