Scanner in Java

Scanner is used in JAVA to accept the values from the user through the Standard I/O devices.

Below is a basic program to demonstrate the use of scanner :

 import java.util.Scanner;  
 public class scan {  
  public static void main(String[] args)   
 {  
  Scanner s=new Scanner(System.in);  
  System.out.println("Enter any string");  
  String a=s.nextLine();  
  System.out.println("String is :"+a);  
 }  
 }  

OUTPUT :

Enter any string
codeground
String is :codeground