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Reading input from the command line arguments

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• What are command line arguments ?
  • Command line arguments are information entered on the command line used to run the Java program

    Example: command lines used to run 2 diffferent Java programs

    UNIX prompt>> java Hello UNIX prompt>> java Abc3

    These command lines do not have any arguments

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  • Some examples of command lines with arguments:

    UNIX prompt>> java MyProg 1234 (command line with 1 argument) UNIX prompt>> java Abc4 2 0 -4 (command line with 3 arguments)

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  • Passing arguments to a Java program