Uber basic java question

Question

How do i read a char from a user in the command line. I am familiar wit readInt() is there some thing like this for chars.

please help this is for the stanford course i am taking online as part of stanford engineering everywhere over the summer and i need to finish soon before my high school term starts.

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Is there any way I can do this using the acm.util acm.program acm.util or java.awt class because that's all i'm allowed for the assignment

Answer 1

final DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(System.in);
final char c = dis.readChar();

Answer 2

The java.util.Scanner class was pretty much built for this :), but oddly remains something of a hidden secret as not many people know about it.