Java Scanner class reading strings

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The reason for the error is that the nextInt only pulls the integer, not the newline. If you add a in.nextLine() before your for loop, it will eat the empty new line and allow you to enter 3 names.

int nnames;
String names[];

System.out.print("How many names are you going to save: ");
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
nnames = in.nextInt();

names = new String[nnames];
in.nextLine();
for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++){
        System.out.print("Type a name: ");
        names[i] = in.nextLine();
}

or just read the line and parse the value as an Integer.

int nnames;
String names[];

System.out.print("How many names are you going to save: ");
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
nnames = Integer.parseInt(in.nextLine().trim());

names = new String[nnames];
for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++){
        System.out.print("Type a name: ");
        names[i] = in.nextLine();
}

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