how to read user input in form minutes:seconds

[purplephilosopher]

ok so if i ask the user to input time in the form of
minutes:seconds
so for example 5 minutes, 6 seconds would be entered as 5:06
how can i get my program to read that (store the 5 as minutes, the 06 as seconds)

[r035198x]

ok so if i ask the user to input time in the form of
minutes:seconds
so for example 5 minutes, 6 seconds would be entered as 5:06
how can i get my program to read that (store the 5 as minutes, the 06 as seconds)

Have a look at the String.split method.