How come when i read an in from System.in I get a completely different value than I read in?

Question

Here's the code:

public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
    int i = System.in.read();

    System.out.println(i);

}

When I input 13 for example it prints out 49..? why is that? And how do I fix that?

You might want to double check that in the api docs. Then look at `java.util.Scanner`. — that other guy, Oct 27 '14 at 23:27
For your convenience: [`System.in`](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/System.html#in), [`InputStream.read()`](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/io/InputStream.html#read--) — Chris Martin, Oct 27 '14 at 23:28

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 27 '14 at 23:26

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read reads single character and 1 (character)'s int value is 49

answered Oct 27 '14 at 23:26

jmj

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