Question

I have a problem with an enum. I have a class Type where I have two enums: RIGHT and LEFT.
In other class I have object of class Type, named value.
I have a loop:

if (currentLvl.verify(value)) {
    totalPoint++;
}

where currentLvl.verify(value) is a method which verifies if value is correct. My problem is how I can get value from user. I want the user, before loop if, to write his value and after that if value is correct, totalPoint++. I want use a scanner but I can’t do value = scanner.nextInt();. How I can get value from the user and his value imput to variable value?

Answer 1

Sounds like you need to use the valueOf() method to convert the String to the enum, something like this:

Type value = Type.valueOf(scanner.next().toUpperCase());

Or if the user is entering the enum value then use the values() array

Type value = Type.values()[scanner.nextInt()];