Stage::ask()

Asks a question and waits for an answer to be typed in. A box appears at the top of the stage; whatever is typed goes into it until Enter is pressed.

Unlike Scratch, this does not pause anything. Your run() keeps being called while the question is on screen, so check isAsking() or wait for getAnswer() to change:

public void run() {
   if (!this.isAsking() && this.getAnswer().isEmpty()) {
     this.ask("What is your name?");
   }
   if (!this.getAnswer().isEmpty()) {
     this.display("Hello " + this.getAnswer() + "!");
   }
 }

Syntax

Java

.ask(question)

Scratch

ask [question] and wait

Parameters

Return

void