Java reading multiple ints from a single line

Question

I am working on a program and I want to allow a user to enter multiple integers when prompted. I have tried to use a scanner but I found that it only stores the first integer entered by the user. For example:

Enter multiple integers: 1 3 5

The scanner will only get the first integer 1. Is it possible to get all 3 different integers from one line and be able to use them later? These integers are the positions of data in a linked list I need to manipulate based on the users input. I cannot post my source code, but I wanted to know if this is possible.

Answer 1

I use it all the time on hackerearth

    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    String  lines = br.readLine();    

    String[] strs = lines.trim().split("\\s+");

    for (int i = 0; i < strs.length; i++) {
    a[i] = Integer.parseInt(strs[i]);
    }

Answer 2

Using this on many coding sites:

• CASE 1: WHEN NUMBER OF INTEGERS IN EACH LINE IS GIVEN

Suppose you are given 3 test cases with each line of 4 integer inputs separated by spaces 1 2 3 4, 5 6 7 8 , 1 1 2 2

        int t=3,i;
        int a[]=new int[4];

        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

        while(t>0)  
        {
            for(i=0; i<4; i++){
                a[i]=scanner.nextInt();
                System.out.println(a[i]);
            }   

        //USE THIS ARRAY A[] OF 4 Separated Integers Values for solving your problem
            t--;
        }

• CASE 2: WHEN NUMBER OF INTEGERS in each line is NOT GIVEN

      Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
  
      String lines=scanner.nextLine();
  
      String[] strs = lines.trim().split("\\s+");
  

  Note that you need to trim() first: trim().split("\\s+") - otherwise, e.g. splitting a b c will emit two empty strings first

      int n=strs.length; //Calculating length gives number of integers
  
      int a[]=new int[n];
  
      for (int i=0; i<n; i++) 
      {
          a[i] = Integer.parseInt(strs[i]); //Converting String_Integer to Integer 
          System.out.println(a[i]);
      }