Reading a single char in Java
How can a char be entered in Java from keyboard?
Solution 1:
You can either scan an entire line:
Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
String str = s.nextLine();
Or you can read a single char, given you know what encoding you're dealing with:
char c = (char) System.in.read();
Solution 2:
You can use Scanner like so:
Scanner s= new Scanner(System.in);
char x = s.next().charAt(0);
By using the charAt function you are able to get the value of the first char without using external casting.