java - reading two strings from the user

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I'm trying to get the user to enter two strings and store them in two variables called studentName and studentNum, but when I run the program, the first string input is skipped over and only the second string input is allowed to be entered. It prints out normally, but won't allow me to enter a value for studentName. could anyone help me with this problem?

System.out.print("Please enter your name: "); studentName = in.nextLine(); System.out.print("\nPlease enter your student number: "); studentNum = in.nextLine();

This was already answered here. See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5032356/using-scanner-nextline — Aracurunir, Nov 21 '15 at 21:55
Oh yeah, in.nextLine() is my scanner class. I called it "in"...forgot to mention that — Hailing Zhou, Nov 23 '15 at 19:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '15 at 21:45

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Has to do with where the scanner starts and where it puts up a newline character

You can fix this if you change System.out.print to System.out.println

answered Nov 21 '15 at 21:45

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