I was wondering how I can do this.
I was told to use kb.nextLine() instead of kb.next() , but that just results in the input being skipped when I run the program.
String address;
student.setAddress(address = kb.nextLine());
I was then told to do this to fix it:
student.SetAddress(String address = kb.nextLine());
but I get an error:
String cannot be resolved into a variable" "Syntax error on token "address"
Your second example is wrong. Your first example looks okay. But not great. I assume you've been using something like nextInt() or nextDouble(). They leave a trailing new line, so you need to consume it.
kb.nextLine(); // <-- consume empty trailing line.
String address;
student.setAddress(address = kb.nextLine()); //<-- reads line.
If you don't need a local copy of address,
kb.nextLine(); // <-- consume empty trailing line.
student.setAddress(kb.nextLine()); //<-- reads line.
As Scanner.nextLine() Javadoc says,
Advances this scanner past the current line and returns the input that was skipped.
