i'm trying to learn some stuff and i'm having trouble. my code looks like this:
import java.util.Scanner;

public class MessingAround {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String s;
Scanner a = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter a string.");
s = a.next();
System.out.print("You said: " + s);
}
}

it prints only the first word of any string i enter. ex) Enter a string.
bow ties are cool
You said: bow

help?

Question

i'm trying to learn some stuff and i'm having trouble. my code looks like this:
import java.util.Scanner;

public class MessingAround {
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
		String s;
		Scanner a = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.println("Enter a string.");
		s = a.next();
		System.out.print("You said: " + s);	
	}
}

it prints only the first word of any string i enter. ex) Enter a string.
bow ties are cool
You said: bow

help?

anonymous · Answer

i changed 
s = a.next();
to
s = a.nextLine();
i think that's right because it works now

pradius · Answer

yes, that was the error.

rsmith6559 · Answer

A scanner is going to break a string into tokens.  Calling a.next() once will get one token.  You'd either need to loop through the tokens, print it and add a separator character, or do what you did which kind of makes the scanner unneeded.