/**
 * Title:
 * Description:
 * Copyright:    Copyright (c) 2001
 * Company:
 * @author Henry Duran
 * @version 1.0
 */

//MyInput.java: contain the methods for readign int, double, and string
// values from the keyboard

import java.io.*;

public class MyInput
{
	/**Read da string from the keyboard*/
	public static String readString()
	{
		BufferedReader br
			=new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader (System.in), 1);

		//declare and initialize the string
		String string =" ";

		//Get the string from the keyboard
		try
		{
			string = br.readLine();
		}
		catch (IOException ex)
		{
			System.out.println(ex);
		}

		//return the string obtained from the keyboard
		return string;
	}

	/**read an int value from the keyboard*/
	public static int readInt()
	{
		return Integer.parseInt(readString());
	}

	/**read an double value from the keyboard*/
	public static double readDouble()
	{
		return Double.parseDouble(readString());
	}
}