Question: Homework question that I've been having a little trouble with...

I need to have a user input string as a product category. If the user inputs more than one word, I need to take only the first word typed. 

Stipulation: I cannot use 'if' statements. 

Here's what I have so far, but it fails if only one word is typed.

```
Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in);
System.out.println ("Enter a noun that classifies the"
                    + " type of your product:");

String noun = scan.nextLine();
int n = noun.indexOf(" ");
String inputnoun = noun.substring(0,n);

```

Answer: 
Use string.split()

```
Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in);
System.out.println ("Enter a noun that classifies the"
                    + " type of your product:");

String noun = scan.nextLine();
String inputnoun = noun.split(" ")[0];

```
You can use `scan.next()` to get only the first word.