title: Taking User Input in Java
body: <p>I'm creating a program that checks if a word or phrase is a palindrome.  I have the actual "palindrome tester" figured out.  What I'm stuck with is where and what to place in my code to have the console read out "Enter palindrome..." and then text.  I've tried with IO but it doesnt work out right.  Also, how do I create a loop to keep going? This code only allows one at a time `public class Palindrome { </p>
  
  <pre><code>public static void main(String args[]) {  
    String s="";  
    int i;  
    int n=s.length(); 
    String str="";  
  
    for(i=n-1;i&gt;=0;i--)  
     str=str+s.charAt(i);  
  
    if(str.equals(s))  
     System.out.println(s+ " is a palindrome");  
  
    else  System.out.println(s+ " is not a palindrome"); }
  
  }
  </code></pre>