BufferedReader readline

Question

I'm trying to use the bufferedReader for just practice, so every time I press enter in the console, it gives me the right answer, but not after one enter hit, I press enter more than once in order to get the result.

my code for the BufferedReader:

InputStreamReader irs = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        String choose = br.readLine();

my if statement for the BufferedReader:

if ((choose = br.readLine()).equals("1)) {
            System.out.println("You chose: " + option1);
        } else if ((choose = br.readLine()).equals("2")) {
            System.out.println("You chose: " + option2);
        } else if ((choose = br.readLine()).equals("3")) {
            System.out.println("You chose: " + option3);
        }

the result from the console:

your choice: 

1

1

You chose: Dog

I should enter the choice more than once in order to get the result. Any suggestion on how to correct that? Thanks!

Answer 1

You are reading another line of input each time you call readLine . You already have the input in choose ; there is no need to call readLine every time you have a condition.

Just use

if ((choose.equals("1")) {

and similarly for the other conditions.

Answer 2

choose = br.readLine();
if(choose.equals("1"))
//....
else if(choose.equals("2"))
//....
//and so on