[sly]

What is the difference between "out.println" and "out.print"???

Thanks for your help!

[pbl]

sly, on 7 Dec, 2008 - 07:50 PM, said:

What is the difference between "out.println" and "out.print"???

Thanks for your help!

println adds a line feed at the end of the arguments

for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++) 
  System.out.print(" " + i);

generates

0 1 2 3 4

for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++) 
  System.out.println(" " + i);

generates

0
1
2
3
4

[markhazlett9]

Println - adds a new line to the end of the line. Puts the cursor on a new line

Print - prints out the line and the cursor is placed directly after it
Cheers

[sly]

ah ok thanks!

[akozlik]

This might be a good point to note the differences between next() and nextLine(). It's the same thing when you're using those for input.

Take this code for example:

Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

System.out.println("What is your name?");
String name = input.next();
System.out.println(name);

If you were to input "Bob Johnson" as your name, only "Bob" would be held in the name variable. If you were to use

String name = input.nextLine();

That would take in the whole name "Bob Johnson".

Just something to keep in mind.