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showInputDialog() Example

Java showInputDialog EXAMPLE output Java showInputDialog EXAMPLE output In this example we show one way of getting information from the user from within an applet, by using JOptionPane.showInputDialog().
// showInputDialog() Example
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

class ShowInputDialogExample extends JApplet {

   String input;

   @Override public void init() {
      input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter something here" );
   }

   @Override public void paint(Graphics g) {
      super.paint(g);
      g.drawString("Your input is \""+input+"\"",50,150);
   }
}