/******************** * 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. } }