// Written by:  Darren Gates & Ray Klefstad
// Date:        January 2000
// School:      U.C. Irvine

import java.io.*;

public class GetCharacterExample
{
    public static void main(String argv[])
        throws IOException
    {
        System.out.print("Type a letter: ");
        int input = System.in.read();
        System.out.println("You typed: " + (char)input); 
    }
}