Why doesn't i get input as a string for program below

Question

Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
//prompt the user input for a number
int a  = keyboard.nextInt();
//prompt the user input for a string
String str = keyboard.nextLine();

Get Input for String

Answer 1

The .nextLine() is getting the '\n' character trailing the integer. Fix this by adding keyboard.nextLine() after the .nextInt(). As follows:

Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
// prompt the user input for a number
int a  = keyboard.nextInt();
// prompt the user input for a string
keyboard.nextLine(); // This captures the '\n' character trailing the integer
String str = keyboard.nextLine();