public static char[] read() throws Exception {

		char[] input;
		int buffercount = 1;
		char[] buffer = new char[buffercount];
		int counter = 0;
	    while ((buffer[counter] = (char) System.in.read()) != '\r' && buffer[counter] != '\n') {
	    		counter++;
	    		buffercount++;
	    	}

	    input = new char[counter];
	    for (int i = 0; i < counter; i++)
	    	input[i] = buffer[i];

	    return input;
	}