/**
   get a string from the user using a dialog box.
   @author Greg Vogl
   2003-09-21
*/
import javax.swing.JOptionPane; // the library that contains the dialog box
public class DialogString
{
  /**
     get a string from the user using a dialog box.
     <br>input: a string using a dialog box
     <br>output: the string
  */
  public static void main (String[] args)
  {
    String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter a string");
    System.out.println("You entered: " + input);
    System.exit(0); // needed to exit a program with a GUI thread
  }
}