CODEWITHSUNDEEP
java
Rui Antunes
Rui Antunes

Reputation: 11

java, creating a loop while keyboardscanner dont receive an input

I´m trying to make a loop while keyboardscanner.nextline() is not received.I am stuck in here because i cant find a solution, i dont even know if it is possible... here is what im trying to do in code...

public String messagingread(String username) throws RemoteException {
    Scanner keyboardScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        try {
            while (keyboardScanner.nextLine().isEmpty) {
                System.out.println("cant get in here");
      //i can only get in here if the scann is only an enter(isempty), but i //want to get in here if i dont scan anything...i dont want isempty i want not //defined and i dont know how to do it ....
                }
            System.out.println("pls help")
            }       
        }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 45

Answers (2)

elbraulio
elbraulio

Reputation: 994

this will execute a task in other thread and accept inputs till the input is empty. Also, be aware of closing Scanner

class Task implements Runnable {

    private boolean shouldRun = true;

    public void stop() {
        this.shouldRun = false;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        while (this.shouldRun) {
            try {
                Thread.sleep(1000);
                System.out.println("Doing some work every 1 second ...");
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        System.out.println("Task have been stopped, Bye!");
        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
    }
}

 public final class Example {

     public static void main(String[] args) {
         Scanner keyboardScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
         try {
             Task task = new Task();
             // run the task on new Thread
             Thread newThread = new Thread(task);
             newThread.start();
         /*
          read lines while it is not empty:
          (line = keyboardScanner.nextLine()) -> assign the input to line
          !(line ...).isEmpty() -> checks that line is not empty
           */
            System.out.println("Give me inputs");
            String line;
            while (!(line = keyboardScanner.nextLine()).isEmpty()) {
                System.out.println("new line read :" + line);
            }
            // when you give an empty line the while will stop then we stop
            // the task
            task.stop();
        } finally {
            // after the piece of code inside the try statement have finished
            keyboardScanner.close();
        }
        System.out.println("Empty line read. Bye!");
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

Oleg Cherednik
Oleg Cherednik

Reputation: 18255

// retrieve not empty line
public static String messagingread(String username) {
    try (Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in)) {
        while (true) {
            String line = scan.nextLine();

            // do it while line is empty
            if (!line.isEmpty())
                return line;
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

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