//********************************************************************

//  Echo.java       Author: Lewis/Loftus

//  Taken from the book: Java, Software Solutions

//

//  Demonstrates the use of the nextLine method of the Scanner class

//  to read a string from the user.

//********************************************************************


import java.util.Scanner;


public class Echo
{
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------

   //  Reads a character string from the user and prints it.

   //-----------------------------------------------------------------

   public static void main (String[] args)
   {
      String message;
      Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in);

      System.out.println ("Enter a line of text:");

      message = scan.nextLine();

      System.out.println ("You entered: \"" + message + "\"");
   }
}

/* Sample Compilation and Output:

C:\craig\public_html\cs111b>javac Echo.java

C:\craig\public_html\cs111b>java Echo
Enter a line of text:
Let me talk to you
You entered: "Let me talk to you"

C:\craig\public_html\cs111b>

*/


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