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BJP3 Self-Check 5.25: scannerYouTyped

Language/Type: Java input method basics Scanner
Author: Marty Stepp (on 2013/09/02)

Write a piece of code that prompts the user for a number and then prints a different message depending on whether the number was an integer or a real number. Here are two sample dialogues: 

Type a number: 42.5
You typed the real number 42.5

Type a number: 3
You typed the integer 3
Type your solution here:


This problem asks for bare code. Submit a fragment of Java code as described. Do not write any class or method heading around your code; just write the lines of code that will produce the result described.

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