Answers for "Which Scanner class method is used to read string value from the user?"

how to input in java

import java.util.Scanner;
...
  Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
  int num = console.nextInt();
  console.nextLine() // to take in the enter after the nextInt() 
  String str = console.nextLine();

java scanner functions

import java.util.Scanner;
public class scanners{
  public static void main(String[] args){
    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); 
    // Reading int
    System.out.print("Enter your age");
    int age = scan.nextInt();
    // Reading double
    System.out.print("Enter your salary");
    double salary = scan.nextDouble();
    // Reading float
    System.out.print("Enter employees average salary");
    float average = scan.nextFloat();
    // Reading Single Character
    System.out.print("Enter any character from a to z");
    char charcter = scan.next().charAt(0);
    // Reading string
    System.out.print("Enter your full name");
    String fullname = scan.next();
    // Reading long
    System.out.print("enter a long number");
    long number = scan.nextLong();
  }
}