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Read standard input one character at a time (June 28, 1999)
The JavaWorld experts answer your most pressing Java questions -- every week
In a pure Java application how can you read standard input one character at a time (raw, unbuffered)?
If the application has a GUI, it is possible to use a Component like java.awt.TextField to check each character as it is typed.
If the application is command-line based, the only portable way to read a single character from standard input through Java
is to call System.in.read(). However, this call will block until the user types the <return> key at the end of a line, at which point the whole line
is available for read().
