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Subject: Re: The greeting code in Java
Date: 20 Jun 2011 19:20:45 GMT
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In article <f61fee62-589e-4ad1-a9ef-a54e2b589e5b@s9g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Saeed Amrollahi  <amrollahi.saeed@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear all
> Hi
> 
> I'm a C++ programmer and I started to learn Java. After famous "Hello
> World"
> program, the obvious code is "Say hello to specific people". Program
> asked
> user's name, then print a greeting message. The C++ code is:
> #include <iostream>
> #include <string>
> Using std::cin;	using std::cout;	using std::string;
> int main()
> {
>   // ask for the person's name
>   std::cout << "Please enter your first name: ";
>   std::string name;	// define name
>   std::cin >> name;	// read into name
>   // write a greeting
>   std::cout << "Hello, " << name << "!" << std::endl;
> 
>   return 0;
> }
> I tried to write the simplest code in Java and I ended up with the
> following:
> 
> package Greeting;
> import java.io.*;
> 
> public class Main {
> 
>     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
>         System.out.print("Please enter your first name: ");
>         String name = new String();
>         Reader r = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
>         for (char ch; (ch = (char)(r.read())) != '\n'; name += ch) {}
>         System.out.println("Hello, " + name);
>     }
> }

Um, has anyone else pointed out that these two programs don't do the 
same thing?  Unless the C++ implemented by GCC is broken, the C++
program reads a whitespace-delimited string, while the Java program
reads a full line of text.

Just sayin'.  (I agree by the way with most of the other comments 
about there being much better ways to accomplish -- well, whatever it
is you're trying to accomplish, given that the two programs seem to
me to be doing slightly different things.)

-- 
B. L. Massingill
ObDisclaimer:  I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor.