How to put something like a semicolon or colon after asking user for prompt in Java

Question

I am trying to learn Java and was specifically learning about User Input using Scanner class.

I was wondering if you can add something like a ':' or ';' after a prompt.

My understanding is somewhat like this

Scanner var1 = new Scanner(System.in); //Creates a new object of scanner class
String var2 = var1.next(); //Stores input in a string variable

So what should be the way to put a ":" after the prompt, in the same line?

Possible duplicate of [How can I get the user input in Java?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5287538/how-can-i-get-the-user-input-in-java) — jschnasse, Jan 22 '19 at 20:16
@jschnasse - No, this question is about how to *output* a prompt. — Andy Thomas, Jan 22 '19 at 20:20
Please update your question to give us the code from the Scanner class so we can show you exactly where the output is happening and what you can do to it. — jous, Jan 22 '19 at 20:35

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 22 '19 at 20:15

You can create a prompt on the same line as the user input by using System.out.print(prompt)

Note that this is not the same as System.out.println(prompt), which puts a newline after the string to be printed.

Example:

System.out.print("Enter your value: ");
String value = myScanner.next();

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