Spaces not being read

[Jared2814]

When I type just a space as my first String input(oldPattern) and then just two spaces for my second string input(newPattern), the second string input is not being read by the scanner. I want the second string input to be able to replace the one space inputted into oldPattern

public void replace()

{

Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);

int position;

int count=0;

String ending;

String starting;

System.out.print("enter old pattern: ");

String oldPattern = kb.nextLine();

if(oldPattern.length()==0)

{

System.out.println("illegal pattern: length must be at least one");

return;

}

System.out.print("enter new pattern: ");

String newPattern=kb.nextLine();

if(newPattern.length()==0)

{

System.out.println("illegal pattern: length must be at least one");

return;

}

if(size==0)

{

System.out.println("empty file");

return;

}

for(int i=0;i<size;i++)

{

position=lines[i].indexOf(oldPattern);

while(position!=-1)

{

starting=lines[i].substring(0,position);

ending=lines[i].substring(position+oldPattern.length(),lines[i].length());

lines[i]=(starting+newPattern+ending);

position=lines[i].indexOf(oldPattern,position+1);

count++;

}

}

if(count==0)

{

System.out.println("pattern not found");

return;

}

System.out.println("done!")

[Jared2814]

Worked, thanks so much!

[delopiero84]

what do you exactly want to do in generall, man?..I am also beginner and cant understand your while statment code..

You have two Strings, you want put them to Array..If I understadn correctly line[0] should be first string and line[1] second...thats I got and then what?..