/**
  Page 116 Programming Exercise 2.
  This program illustrates using the Scanner class to read strings and 
  string concatenation.
 */

import java.util.Scanner;

public class ScannerDemo {

  public static void main( String[] args ) {

    // Create a  Scanner object
    Scanner inp = new Scanner(System.in);


    System.out.print("Enter the first string: ");
    String str1 = inp.next();

    System.out.print("Enter the second string: ");
    String str2 = inp.next();

    System.out.println( str1 + " contains " +  str1.length() + " characters." );

    System.out.print( str2 );
    System.out.print( " contains " );
    System.out.print( str2.length() );
    System.out.print( " characters." );
    System.out.println();

    String newStr;
    newStr = str1 + " " + str2;

    System.out.println( newStr + " contains " + newStr.length() + " characters." );
  }
}