--- title: "Take out year from input" description: "Take out year from input" author: "Anonymous User" published: 2015-12-20 updated: 2015-12-20 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33757/take-out-year-from-input category: "java" tags: ["java", "string"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # Take out year from input My [implementation](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33764/how-to-implementation-of-class-in-c-sharp) : ``` public class NewClass {    public static void main(String[] args) {        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);        System.out.println("Input your place and date birth : ");        String birth = in.nextLine();    }} ``` And I will [input](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159209/how-can-i-read-convert-an-input-stream-into-a-string-in-java) [MindStick](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84668/how-mindstick-is-used-for-marketing-purposes), 25 Dec 2015. The [problem](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81399/tackling-the-problem-of-unemployment-during-corona-pandemic) how to change my input from [string to int](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12941/how-to-convert-hashmap-keys-from-string-to-int-in-java), and how to take only the year. So I can use for ``` if (2015 - year < 20 ) {    System.out.println ("You are teen");} ``` ## Replies ### Reply by David Miller Hi Mayank ,\ It would be better if you'll split the "input" into two. and then tell the user to enter his/her birthday in this format (Month Day, Year). The comma is important because after the comma the year follows.\ ``` int year = 0;String place = "";Scanner place_in = new Scanner(System.in);System.out.print("Enter place of Birth : ");place = place_in.nextLine();String bday = "";Scanner bday_in = new Scanner(System.in);System.out.print("Enter Birthday (Month Day,Year): ");bday = bday_in.nextLine();for(int i=0;i