I want to pass three different strings to my main method in java. How do I do this?

Question

I want people to enter there first name then middle name then last name inside of a method. I then want to pass all three variables into my main method.

Is there anyway I can do this?

And how would I get the different data stored in my main method?

Answer 1

No there isn't but use Command line arguments.

public class YourProgram
{
   public static void main(String []args)
    {

    }
}

c:\>java YourProgram "First String" "Second String" "Third String"

Answer 2

If by main you refer to application's entry point, the main method. Eg

public class SomeClass{
    public static void main(String[] args){
         String firstName = args[0];
         String middleName = args[1];
         String lastName = args[2];
    }
}

Then you can pass it as a three arguments after program name when you call it. java SomeClass "first name" "middle name" "last name"

Answer 3

If you're referring to the actual main method, as in the first method that runs, you can't pass in any variables because there isn't a place to pass a variable, it's where the program starts.

edit: as AVD said, you can pass the variables if you run the program from the console, but not inside the code itself.