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 EchoStrings
{
   /**
      get strings from the user using the command line.
      <br>input: a string using the command line
      <br>output: the string and its length; count of number of strings
      @throws IOException to handle bad strings
   */
   public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException
   {
      System.out.println("Enter a string:"); // ask the user for input
      BufferedReader console = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
      String input;
      int i = 0;
      while ((input = console.readLine()) != null) { // get a string from the user
         System.out.println("You entered: " + input); // display the string to the screen
	 System.out.println("String length: " + input.length());
         System.out.println("Enter a string:"); // ask for another string
         i++;
      }
      System.out.println("You entered " + i + " strings.");
   }
}