I am coding a problem for elapsed time and need some help testing to see if the user inputs am or pm. I went to use .equalsIgnoreCase(); on my string and discovered it did not store it. Here is my code
public static void elapsedTime()
{
Scanner reader = new Scanner (System.in);
System.out.print("Enter the beginning hour: ");
int startingHour = reader.nextInt();
System.out.print("Enter the beginning minute(s): ");
int startingMinutes = reader.nextInt();
reader.nextLine();
System.out.print("Enter AM/PM: ");
String startingAmOrPm = reader.nextLine();
System.out.print("Enter the ending hour: ");
int endingHour = reader.nextInt();
System.out.print("Enter the ending minute(s): ");
int endingMinutes = reader.nextInt();
System.out.print("Enter AM/PM: ");
String endingAmOrPm = reader.nextLine();
reader.nextLine();
System.out.println("");
}
As I researched I discovered the reader.NextLine() but that didnt help the string not having a value. Can anybody help? Id appreciate it!