Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.text.DecimalFormat; import java.text.ParseException; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Enter a number."); double numberFromConsole; try { InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(System.in); BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr); String s = br.readLine(); DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat(); Number n = df.parse(s); numberFromConsole = n.doubleValue(); } catch (IOException e) { numberFromConsole = 0; } catch (ParseException e) { numberFromConsole = 0; } System.out.println(numberFromConsole); } }