/********************
 * SampleProgram
 *
 * reads user input with King's jpb package from the "Java Programming" book.
 * See http://knking.com/books/java/jpb/index.html and pg 63 of the text.
 *
 *********************/
import jpb.*;							// Define classes in jpb/
class SampleProgram {
    public static void main(String args[]){			// main() method
	SimpleIO.prompt(" Type in a number: ");			// Ask user for input
	String userInput = SimpleIO.readLine();			// Get the input as a string.
	double x = Convert.toDouble(userInput);			// Convert string to double.
	double y = Math.sqrt(x);				// Take square root.
	System.out.println(" Its square root is " + y );	// Display result.
    }
}
syntax highlighted by Code2HTML, v. 0.9.1