import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
   get a string from the user using the command line.
   @author Greg Vogl
   2003-09-21
*/
public class ConsoleString
{
  /**
     get a string from the user using the command line.
     <br>input: a string using the command line
     <br>output: the string
     @throws IOException to handle bad strings
  */
  public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException 
  {
    System.out.println("Enter a string:");
    BufferedReader console = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    String input = console.readLine(); // get a string from the user
    System.out.println("You entered: " + input); // display the string to the screen
  }
}