import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;

public class StringIO
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        InputStreamReader convert = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
        BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader(convert);
        String instr;

//  prompt user to enter a string and then echo the string to the screen

        try
        {
            System.out.println("Enter your name ");
            instr = stdin.readLine();
            System.out.println("Your name is: " + instr);
        }
        catch(IOException e) {}
    }

}

Enter your name 
Elizabeth Bennet
Your name is: Elizabeth Bennet

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