Java Scanner: read immediately on keystroke

Asked Oct 02 '12 at 20:34

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This might seem like a very simple problem, but I am unsure how to do it.

If I have Scanner attached to System.in, and want to return a token immediately upon pressing any button (i.e. not having to press enter to proceed), how can I set this up? Thanks in advance.

asked Oct 02 '12 at 20:34

csvan

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Possible duplicate - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1066318/how-to-read-a-single-char-from-the-console-in-java-as-the-user-types-it – Rohit Jain Oct 02 '12 at 20:39
That indeed seems to be it, I could not find it. Thanks for pointing it out! – csvan Oct 03 '12 at 04:50
@chrsva.. What did you try?? that post is about your query only?? – Rohit Jain Oct 03 '12 at 04:57

Java Scanner: read immediately on keystroke

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