// purpose: demonstrate string-based input scanning import java.util.*; public class StringScanning { // method main(): program starting point public static void main( String[] args ) { // set up input scanner Scanner stdin = new Scanner( System.in ); // get line of text from user System.out.print( "Enter text: " ); String line = stdin.nextLine(); System.out.println( "Text: " + line ); // get scanner to process the line Scanner reader = new Scanner( line ); // get and display the first four strings from the line String s1 = reader.next(); String s2 = reader.next(); String s3 = reader.next(); String s4 = reader.next(); System.out.println( "First four strings on input line are: " ); System.out.println( " " + s1 ); System.out.println( " " + s2 ); System.out.println( " " + s3 ); System.out.println( " " + s4 ); } }