Question

My current code is:

for (int i = 0; i < items; i++) {

System.out.println("");
System.out.print("Enter name of assessment item #" + (i+1) + ": ");
if (input.hasNext()) {
name[i] = input.next();
input.nextLine();
}

System.out.print("Enter the weighting of assessment item #" + (i+1) + ": ");
weight[i] = input.nextInt();
input.nextLine();
}

System.out.println("");
System.out.print("Enter your mark for \"" + name[0] + "\" as a percentage: ");
int mark1 = input.nextInt();

However, if I Enter "Final Examination" - the output from calling "name[0]", only displays "Final". How do I get it to print the entire phrase?

Answer 1

In Java, the next() and nextLine() methods are available java.util.Scanner class. These methods are used to read input from the user. The next() method can read the text until encounters space. The nextLine() method can read the text until it encounters new line.

While you're reading the name of the assessment item, You're using the next() method . That's why it is not reading the entire text. It is only reading until it encounters a space. So you're getting output only "Final" instead of "Final Examination".

Change below lines:

name[i] = input.next(); // This line reads until a space encounters and store that text in name[i].
input.nextLine(); // This line reads until a new line encounters and it is not storing text in any variable

To:

name[i] = input.nextLine(); // This line reads until a new space encounters and store that text in name[i]

Now it works fine.