Reads a float from console - Java Language Basics

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Description

Reads a float from console

Demo Code


//package com.java2s;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class Main {
    private static BufferedReader buffer = new BufferedReader(
            new InputStreamReader(System.in));

    /**/*from ww  w.j a v a  2  s .c  o m*/
     * Reads a float from console
     * 
     * @return the read float
     * @throws IOException
     *             If an IO error occurs
     */
    public static float readFloat() throws IOException {
        return Float.parseFloat(buffer.readLine());
    }
}

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