- Description
- Constructor Summary
- Method Summary
- Constructor Details
- Scanner(Readable)
- Scanner(InputStream)
- Scanner(InputStream, String)
- Scanner(InputStream, Charset)
- Scanner(File)
- Scanner(File, String)
- Scanner(File, Charset)
- Scanner(Path)
- Scanner(Path, String)
- Scanner(Path, Charset)
- Scanner(String)
- Scanner(ReadableByteChannel)
- Scanner(ReadableByteChannel, String)
- Scanner(ReadableByteChannel, Charset)
- Method Details
- close()
- ioException()
- delimiter()
- useDelimiter(Pattern)
- useDelimiter(String)
- locale()
- useLocale(Locale)
- radix()
- useRadix(int)
- match()
- toString()
- hasNext()
- next()
- remove()
- hasNext(String)
- next(String)
- hasNext(Pattern)
- next(Pattern)
- hasNextLine()
- nextLine()
- findInLine(String)
- findInLine(Pattern)
- findWithinHorizon(String, int)
- findWithinHorizon(Pattern, int)
- skip(Pattern)
- skip(String)
- hasNextBoolean()
- nextBoolean()
- hasNextByte()
- hasNextByte(int)
- nextByte()
- nextByte(int)
- hasNextShort()
- hasNextShort(int)
- nextShort()
- nextShort(int)
- hasNextInt()
- hasNextInt(int)
- nextInt()
- nextInt(int)
- hasNextLong()
- hasNextLong(int)
- nextLong()
- nextLong(int)
- hasNextFloat()
- nextFloat()
- hasNextDouble()
- nextDouble()
- hasNextBigInteger()
- hasNextBigInteger(int)
- nextBigInteger()
- nextBigInteger(int)
- hasNextBigDecimal()
- nextBigDecimal()
- reset()
- tokens()
- findAll(Pattern)
- findAll(String)
Class Scanner
A Scanner breaks its input into tokens using a delimiter pattern, which by default matches whitespace. The resulting tokens may then be converted into values of different types using the various next methods.
For example, this code allows a user to read a number from the console.
This code allows long types to be assigned from entries in a file myNumbers:
This code uses a Scanner to read lines from System.in. The Scanner uses the system property value of stdin.encoding as the Charset. Specifying the charset explicitly is important when reading from System.in, as it may differ from the default charset depending on the host environment or user configuration:
The scanner can also use delimiters other than whitespace. This example reads several items in from a string:
prints the following output: 1 2 red blue
The same output can be generated with this code, which uses a regular expression to parse all four tokens at once:
The default whitespace delimiter used by a scanner is as recognized by Character.isWhitespace(). The reset() method will reset the value of the scanner's delimiter to the default whitespace delimiter regardless of whether it was previously changed.
A scanning operation may block waiting for input.
The next() and hasNext() methods and their companion methods (such as nextInt() and hasNextInt()) first skip any input that matches the delimiter pattern, and then attempt to return the next token. Both hasNext() and next() methods may block waiting for further input. Whether a hasNext() method blocks has no connection to whether or not its associated next() method will block. The tokens() method may also block waiting for input.
The findInLine(), findWithinHorizon(), skip(), and findAll() methods operate independently of the delimiter pattern. These methods will attempt to match the specified pattern with no regard to delimiters in the input and thus can be used in special circumstances where delimiters are not relevant. These methods may block waiting for more input.
When a scanner throws an InputMismatchException, the scanner will not pass the token that caused the exception, so that it may be retrieved or skipped via some other method.
Depending upon the type of delimiting pattern, empty tokens may be returned. For example, the pattern "\\s+" will return no empty tokens since it matches multiple instances of the delimiter. The delimiting pattern "\\s" could return empty tokens since it only passes one space at a time.
A scanner can read text from any object which implements the Readable interface. If an invocation of the underlying readable's read() method throws an IOException then the scanner assumes that the end of the input has been reached. The most recent IOException thrown by the underlying readable can be retrieved via the ioException() method.
When a Scanner is closed, it will close its input source if the source implements the Closeable interface.
A Scanner is not safe for multithreaded use without external synchronization.
Unless otherwise mentioned, passing a null parameter into any method of a Scanner will cause a NullPointerException to be thrown.
A scanner will default to interpreting numbers as decimal unless a different radix has been set by using the useRadix(int) method. The reset() method will reset the value of the scanner's radix to 10 regardless of whether it was previously changed.
Localized numbers
An instance of this class is capable of scanning numbers in the standard formats as well as in the formats of the scanner's locale. A scanner's initial locale is the value returned by the Locale.getDefault(Locale.Category.FORMAT) method; it may be changed via the useLocale() method. The reset() method will reset the value of the scanner's locale to the initial locale regardless of whether it was previously changed.
The localized formats are defined in terms of the following parameters, which for a particular locale are taken from that locale's DecimalFormat object, df, and its DecimalFormatSymbols object, dfs. LocalGroupSeparator The character used to separate thousands groups, i.e., dfs.getGroupingSeparator() LocalDecimalSeparator The character used for the decimal point, i.e., dfs.getDecimalSeparator() LocalPositivePrefix The string that appears before a positive number (may be empty), i.e., df.getPositivePrefix() LocalPositiveSuffix The string that appears after a positive number (may be empty), i.e., df.getPositiveSuffix() LocalNegativePrefix The string that appears before a negative number (may be empty), i.e., df.getNegativePrefix() LocalNegativeSuffix The string that appears after a negative number (may be empty), i.e., df.getNegativeSuffix() LocalNaN The string that represents not-a-number for floating-point values, i.e., dfs.getNaN() LocalInfinity The string that represents infinity for floating-point values, i.e., dfs.getInfinity()
Number syntax
The strings that can be parsed as numbers by an instance of this class are specified in terms of the following regular-expression grammar, where Rmax is the highest digit in the radix being used (for example, Rmax is 9 in base 10). NonAsciiDigit: A non-ASCII character c for which Character.isDigit(c) returns true Non0Digit: [1-Rmax] | NonASCIIDigit Digit: [0-Rmax] | NonASCIIDigit GroupedNumeral: ( Non0Digit Digit? Digit? ( LocalGroupSeparator Digit Digit Digit )+ ) Numeral: ( ( Digit+ ) | GroupedNumeral ) Integer: ( [-+]? ( Numeral ) ) | LocalPositivePrefix Numeral LocalPositiveSuffix | LocalNegativePrefix Numeral LocalNegativeSuffix DecimalNumeral: Numeral | Numeral LocalDecimalSeparator Digit* | LocalDecimalSeparator Digit+ Exponent: ( [eE] [+-]? Digit+ ) Decimal: ( [-+]? DecimalNumeral Exponent? ) | LocalPositivePrefix DecimalNumeral LocalPositiveSuffix Exponent? | LocalNegativePrefix DecimalNumeral LocalNegativeSuffix Exponent? HexFloat: [-+]? 0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]*\.[0-9a-fA-F]+ ([pP][-+]?[0-9]+)? NonNumber: NaN | LocalNan | Infinity | LocalInfinity SignedNonNumber: ( [-+]? NonNumber ) | LocalPositivePrefix NonNumber LocalPositiveSuffix | LocalNegativePrefix NonNumber LocalNegativeSuffix Float: Decimal | HexFloat | SignedNonNumber
Whitespace is not significant in the above regular expressions.
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Constructor Summary
ConstructorsConstructorDescriptionConstructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file.Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file.Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file.Scanner(InputStream source)Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified input stream.Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified input stream.Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified input stream.Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified source.Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified string.Scanner(ReadableByteChannel source)Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified channel.Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified channel.Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified channel.Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file.Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file.Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file. -
Method Summary
All MethodsInstance MethodsConcrete MethodsModifier and TypeMethodDescriptionvoidclose()Closes this scanner.Returns the Pattern this Scanner is currently using to match delimiters.Returns a stream of match results that match the provided pattern string.Returns a stream of match results from this scanner.findInLine(String pattern)Attempts to find the next occurrence of a pattern constructed from the specified string, ignoring delimiters.findInLine(Pattern pattern)Attempts to find the next occurrence of the specified pattern ignoring delimiters.findWithinHorizon(String pattern, int horizon)Attempts to find the next occurrence of a pattern constructed from the specified string, ignoring delimiters.findWithinHorizon(Pattern pattern, int horizon)Attempts to find the next occurrence of the specified pattern.booleanhasNext()Returns true if this scanner has another token in its input.booleanReturns true if the next token matches the pattern constructed from the specified string.booleanReturns true if the next complete token matches the specified pattern.booleanReturns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a BigDecimal using the nextBigDecimal() method.booleanReturns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a BigInteger in the default radix using the nextBigInteger() method.booleanhasNextBigInteger(int radix)Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a BigInteger in the specified radix using the nextBigInteger() method.booleanReturns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a boolean value using a case insensitive pattern created from the string "true|false".booleanReturns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a byte value in the default radix using the nextByte() method.booleanhasNextByte(int radix)Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a byte value in the specified radix using the nextByte() method.booleanReturns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a double value using the nextDouble() method.booleanReturns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a float value using the nextFloat() method.booleanReturns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as an int value in the default radix using the nextInt() method.booleanhasNextInt(int radix)Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as an int value in the specified radix using the nextInt() method.booleanReturns true if there is another line in the input of this scanner.booleanReturns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a long value in the default radix using the nextLong() method.booleanhasNextLong(int radix)Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a long value in the specified radix using the nextLong() method.booleanReturns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a short value in the default radix using the nextShort() method.booleanhasNextShort(int radix)Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a short value in the specified radix using the nextShort() method.Returns the IOException last thrown by this Scanner's underlying Readable.locale()Returns this scanner's locale.match()Returns the match result of the last scanning operation performed by this scanner.next()Finds and returns the next complete token from this scanner.Returns the next token if it matches the pattern constructed from the specified string.Returns the next token if it matches the specified pattern.Scans the next token of the input as a BigDecimal.Scans the next token of the input as a BigInteger.nextBigInteger(int radix)Scans the next token of the input as a BigInteger.booleanScans the next token of the input into a boolean value and returns that value.bytenextByte()Scans the next token of the input as a byte.bytenextByte(int radix)Scans the next token of the input as a byte.doubleScans the next token of the input as a double.floatScans the next token of the input as a float.intnextInt()Scans the next token of the input as an int.intnextInt(int radix)Scans the next token of the input as an int.nextLine()Advances this scanner past the current line and returns the input that was skipped.longnextLong()Scans the next token of the input as a long.longnextLong(int radix)Scans the next token of the input as a long.shortScans the next token of the input as a short.shortnextShort(int radix)Scans the next token of the input as a short.intradix()Returns this scanner's default radix.voidremove()The remove operation is not supported by this implementation of Iterator.reset()Resets this scanner.Skips input that matches a pattern constructed from the specified string.Skips input that matches the specified pattern, ignoring delimiters.tokens()Returns a stream of delimiter-separated tokens from this scanner.toString()Returns the string representation of this Scanner.useDelimiter(String pattern)Sets this scanner's delimiting pattern to a pattern constructed from the specified String.useDelimiter(Pattern pattern)Sets this scanner's delimiting pattern to the specified pattern.Sets this scanner's locale to the specified locale.useRadix(int radix)Sets this scanner's default radix to the specified radix.Methods declared in class Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, waitModifier and TypeMethodDescriptionprotected Objectclone()Creates and returns a copy of this object.booleanIndicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.protected voidfinalize()Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.final Class<?>getClass()Returns the runtime class of this Object.inthashCode()Returns a hash code value for this object.final voidnotify()Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.final voidWakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.final voidwait()Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.final voidwait(long timeoutMillis)Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.final voidwait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.Methods declared in interface Iterator
forEachRemainingModifier and TypeMethodDescriptiondefault voidPerforms the given action for each remaining element until all elements have been processed or the action throws an exception.
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Constructor Details
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Scanner
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Scanner
Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified input stream. Bytes from the stream are converted into characters using the default charset.Parameters: source - An input stream to be scanned See Also: -
Scanner
Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified input stream. Bytes from the stream are converted into characters using the specified charset.Parameters: source - An input stream to be scanned charsetName - The encoding type used to convert bytes from the stream into characters to be scanned Throws: IllegalArgumentException - if the specified character set does not exist -
Scanner
Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified input stream. Bytes from the stream are converted into characters using the specified charset.Parameters: source - an input stream to be scanned charset - the charset used to convert bytes from the file into characters to be scanned Since: 10 -
Scanner
Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file. Bytes from the file are converted into characters using the default charset.Parameters: source - A file to be scanned Throws: FileNotFoundException - if source is not found See Also: -
Scanner
Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file. Bytes from the file are converted into characters using the specified charset.Parameters: source - A file to be scanned charsetName - The encoding type used to convert bytes from the file into characters to be scanned Throws: FileNotFoundException - if source is not found IllegalArgumentException - if the specified encoding is not found -
Scanner
Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file. Bytes from the file are converted into characters using the specified charset.Parameters: source - A file to be scanned charset - The charset used to convert bytes from the file into characters to be scanned Throws: IOException - if an I/O error occurs opening the source Since: 10 -
Scanner
Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file. Bytes from the file are converted into characters using the default charset.Parameters: source - the path to the file to be scanned Throws: IOException - if an I/O error occurs opening source Since: 1.7 See Also: -
Scanner
Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file. Bytes from the file are converted into characters using the specified charset.Parameters: source - the path to the file to be scanned charsetName - The encoding type used to convert bytes from the file into characters to be scanned Throws: IOException - if an I/O error occurs opening source IllegalArgumentException - if the specified encoding is not found Since: 1.7 -
Scanner
Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file. Bytes from the file are converted into characters using the specified charset.Parameters: source - the path to the file to be scanned charset - the charset used to convert bytes from the file into characters to be scanned Throws: IOException - if an I/O error occurs opening the source Since: 10 -
Scanner
Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified string.Parameters: source - A string to scan -
Scanner
Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified channel. Bytes from the source are converted into characters using the default charset.Parameters: source - A channel to scan See Also: -
Scanner
Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified channel. Bytes from the source are converted into characters using the specified charset.Parameters: source - A channel to scan charsetName - The encoding type used to convert bytes from the channel into characters to be scanned Throws: IllegalArgumentException - if the specified character set does not exist -
Scanner
Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified channel. Bytes from the source are converted into characters using the specified charset.Parameters: source - a channel to scan charset - the encoding type used to convert bytes from the channel into characters to be scanned Since: 10
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Method Details
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close
public void close()Closes this scanner.Specified by: close in interface AutoCloseable Specified by: close in interface CloseableIf this scanner has not yet been closed then if its underlying readable also implements the Closeable interface then the readable's close method will be invoked. If this scanner is already closed then invoking this method will have no effect.
Attempting to perform search operations after a scanner has been closed will result in an IllegalStateException.
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ioException
Returns the IOException last thrown by this Scanner's underlying Readable. This method returns null if no such exception exists.Returns: the last exception thrown by this scanner's readable -
delimiter
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useDelimiter
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useDelimiter
Sets this scanner's delimiting pattern to a pattern constructed from the specified String.Parameters: pattern - A string specifying a delimiting pattern Returns: this scannerAn invocation of this method of the form useDelimiter(pattern) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation useDelimiter(Pattern.compile(pattern)).
Invoking the reset() method will set the scanner's delimiter to the default.
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locale
Returns this scanner's locale.Returns: this scanner's localeA scanner's locale affects many elements of its default primitive matching regular expressions; see localized numbers above.
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useLocale
Sets this scanner's locale to the specified locale.Parameters: locale - A string specifying the locale to use Returns: this scannerA scanner's locale affects many elements of its default primitive matching regular expressions; see localized numbers above.
Invoking the reset() method will set the scanner's locale to the initial locale.
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radix
public int radix()Returns this scanner's default radix.Returns: the default radix of this scannerA scanner's radix affects elements of its default number matching regular expressions; see localized numbers above.
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useRadix
Sets this scanner's default radix to the specified radix.Parameters: radix - The radix to use when scanning numbers Returns: this scanner Throws: IllegalArgumentException - if radix is out of rangeA scanner's radix affects elements of its default number matching regular expressions; see localized numbers above.
If the radix is less than Character.MIN_RADIX or greater than Character.MAX_RADIX, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
Invoking the reset() method will set the scanner's radix to 10.
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match
Returns the match result of the last scanning operation performed by this scanner. This method throws IllegalStateException if no match has been performed, or if the last match was not successful.Returns: a match result for the last match operation Throws: IllegalStateException - If no match result is availableThe various next methods of Scanner make a match result available if they complete without throwing an exception. For instance, after an invocation of the nextInt() method that returned an int, this method returns a MatchResult for the search of the Integer regular expression defined above. Similarly the findInLine(), findWithinHorizon(), and skip() methods will make a match available if they succeed.
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toString
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hasNext
public boolean hasNext()Returns true if this scanner has another token in its input. This method may block while waiting for input to scan. The scanner does not advance past any input.Specified by: hasNext in interface Iterator<String> Returns: true if and only if this scanner has another token Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed See Also: -
next
Finds and returns the next complete token from this scanner. A complete token is preceded and followed by input that matches the delimiter pattern. This method may block while waiting for input to scan, even if a previous invocation of hasNext() returned true.Specified by: next in interface Iterator<String> Returns: the next token Throws: NoSuchElementException - if no more tokens are available IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed See Also: -
remove
public void remove()The remove operation is not supported by this implementation of Iterator.Specified by: remove in interface Iterator<String> Throws: UnsupportedOperationException - if this method is invoked. See Also: -
hasNext
Returns true if the next token matches the pattern constructed from the specified string. The scanner does not advance past any input.Parameters: pattern - a string specifying the pattern to scan Returns: true if and only if this scanner has another token matching the specified pattern Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedAn invocation of this method of the form hasNext(pattern) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation hasNext(Pattern.compile(pattern)).
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next
Returns the next token if it matches the pattern constructed from the specified string. If the match is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched the pattern.Parameters: pattern - a string specifying the pattern to scan Returns: the next token Throws: NoSuchElementException - if no such tokens are available IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedAn invocation of this method of the form next(pattern) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation next(Pattern.compile(pattern)).
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hasNext
Returns true if the next complete token matches the specified pattern. A complete token is prefixed and postfixed by input that matches the delimiter pattern. This method may block while waiting for input. The scanner does not advance past any input.Parameters: pattern - the pattern to scan for Returns: true if and only if this scanner has another token matching the specified pattern Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed -
next
Returns the next token if it matches the specified pattern. This method may block while waiting for input to scan, even if a previous invocation of hasNext(Pattern) returned true. If the match is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched the pattern.Parameters: pattern - the pattern to scan for Returns: the next token Throws: NoSuchElementException - if no more tokens are available IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed -
hasNextLine
public boolean hasNextLine()Returns true if there is another line in the input of this scanner. This method may block while waiting for input. The scanner does not advance past any input.Returns: true if there is a line separator in the remaining input or if the input has other remaining characters Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed -
nextLine
Advances this scanner past the current line and returns the input that was skipped. This method returns the rest of the current line, excluding any line separator at the end. The position is set to the beginning of the next line.Returns: the line that was skipped Throws: NoSuchElementException - if no line was found IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedSince this method continues to search through the input looking for a line separator, it may buffer all of the input searching for the line to skip if no line separators are present.
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findInLine
Attempts to find the next occurrence of a pattern constructed from the specified string, ignoring delimiters.Parameters: pattern - a string specifying the pattern to search for Returns: the text that matched the specified pattern Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedAn invocation of this method of the form findInLine(pattern) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation findInLine(Pattern.compile(pattern)).
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findInLine
Attempts to find the next occurrence of the specified pattern ignoring delimiters. If the pattern is found before the next line separator, the scanner advances past the input that matched and returns the string that matched the pattern. If no such pattern is detected in the input up to the next line separator, then null is returned and the scanner's position is unchanged. This method may block waiting for input that matches the pattern.Parameters: pattern - the pattern to scan for Returns: the text that matched the specified pattern Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedSince this method continues to search through the input looking for the specified pattern, it may buffer all of the input searching for the desired token if no line separators are present.
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findWithinHorizon
Attempts to find the next occurrence of a pattern constructed from the specified string, ignoring delimiters.Parameters: pattern - a string specifying the pattern to search for horizon - the search horizon Returns: the text that matched the specified pattern Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed IllegalArgumentException - if horizon is negativeAn invocation of this method of the form findWithinHorizon(pattern) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation findWithinHorizon(Pattern.compile(pattern), horizon).
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findWithinHorizon
Attempts to find the next occurrence of the specified pattern.Parameters: pattern - the pattern to scan for horizon - the search horizon Returns: the text that matched the specified pattern Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed IllegalArgumentException - if horizon is negativeThis method searches through the input up to the specified search horizon, ignoring delimiters. If the pattern is found the scanner advances past the input that matched and returns the string that matched the pattern. If no such pattern is detected then the null is returned and the scanner's position remains unchanged. This method may block waiting for input that matches the pattern.
A scanner will never search more than horizon code points beyond its current position. Note that a match may be clipped by the horizon; that is, an arbitrary match result may have been different if the horizon had been larger. The scanner treats the horizon as a transparent, non-anchoring bound (see Matcher.useTransparentBounds(boolean) and Matcher.useAnchoringBounds(boolean)).
If horizon is 0, then the horizon is ignored and this method continues to search through the input looking for the specified pattern without bound. In this case it may buffer all of the input searching for the pattern.
If horizon is negative, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
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skip
Skips input that matches the specified pattern, ignoring delimiters. This method will skip input if an anchored match of the specified pattern succeeds.Parameters: pattern - the pattern to skip over Returns: this scanner Throws: NoSuchElementException - if the specified pattern is not found IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedIf a match to the specified pattern is not found at the current position, then no input is skipped and a NoSuchElementException is thrown.
Since this method seeks to match the specified pattern starting at the scanner's current position, patterns that can match a lot of input (".*", for example) may cause the scanner to buffer a large amount of input.
Note that it is possible to skip something without risking a NoSuchElementException by using a pattern that can match nothing, e.g., sc.skip("[ \t]*").
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skip
Skips input that matches a pattern constructed from the specified string.Parameters: pattern - a string specifying the pattern to skip over Returns: this scanner Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedAn invocation of this method of the form skip(pattern) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation skip(Pattern.compile(pattern)).
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hasNextBoolean
public boolean hasNextBoolean()Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a boolean value using a case insensitive pattern created from the string "true|false". The scanner does not advance past the input that matched.Returns: true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid boolean value Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed -
nextBoolean
public boolean nextBoolean()Scans the next token of the input into a boolean value and returns that value. This method will throw InputMismatchException if the next token cannot be translated into a valid boolean value. If the match is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched.Returns: the boolean scanned from the input Throws: InputMismatchException - if the next token is not a valid boolean NoSuchElementException - if input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed -
hasNextByte
public boolean hasNextByte()Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a byte value in the default radix using the nextByte() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.Returns: true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid byte value Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed -
hasNextByte
public boolean hasNextByte(int radix)Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a byte value in the specified radix using the nextByte() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.Parameters: radix - the radix used to interpret the token as a byte value Returns: true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid byte value Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed IllegalArgumentException - if the radix is out of rangeIf the radix is less than Character.MIN_RADIX or greater than Character.MAX_RADIX, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
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nextByte
public byte nextByte()Scans the next token of the input as a byte.Returns: the byte scanned from the input Throws: InputMismatchException - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range NoSuchElementException - if input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedAn invocation of this method of the form nextByte() behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation nextByte(radix), where radix is the default radix of this scanner.
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nextByte
public byte nextByte(int radix)Scans the next token of the input as a byte. This method will throw InputMismatchException if the next token cannot be translated into a valid byte value as described below. If the translation is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched.Parameters: radix - the radix used to interpret the token as a byte value Returns: the byte scanned from the input Throws: InputMismatchException - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range NoSuchElementException - if input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed IllegalArgumentException - if the radix is out of rangeIf the next token matches the Integer regular expression defined above then the token is converted into a byte value as if by removing all locale specific prefixes, group separators, and locale specific suffixes, then mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via Character.digit, prepending a negative sign (-) if the locale specific negative prefixes and suffixes were present, and passing the resulting string to Byte.parseByte with the specified radix.
If the radix is less than Character.MIN_RADIX or greater than Character.MAX_RADIX, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
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hasNextShort
public boolean hasNextShort()Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a short value in the default radix using the nextShort() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.Returns: true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid short value in the default radix Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed -
hasNextShort
public boolean hasNextShort(int radix)Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a short value in the specified radix using the nextShort() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.Parameters: radix - the radix used to interpret the token as a short value Returns: true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid short value in the specified radix Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed IllegalArgumentException - if the radix is out of rangeIf the radix is less than Character.MIN_RADIX or greater than Character.MAX_RADIX, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
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nextShort
public short nextShort()Scans the next token of the input as a short.Returns: the short scanned from the input Throws: InputMismatchException - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range NoSuchElementException - if input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedAn invocation of this method of the form nextShort() behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation nextShort(radix), where radix is the default radix of this scanner.
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nextShort
public short nextShort(int radix)Scans the next token of the input as a short. This method will throw InputMismatchException if the next token cannot be translated into a valid short value as described below. If the translation is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched.Parameters: radix - the radix used to interpret the token as a short value Returns: the short scanned from the input Throws: InputMismatchException - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range NoSuchElementException - if input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed IllegalArgumentException - if the radix is out of rangeIf the next token matches the Integer regular expression defined above then the token is converted into a short value as if by removing all locale specific prefixes, group separators, and locale specific suffixes, then mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via Character.digit, prepending a negative sign (-) if the locale specific negative prefixes and suffixes were present, and passing the resulting string to Short.parseShort with the specified radix.
If the radix is less than Character.MIN_RADIX or greater than Character.MAX_RADIX, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
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hasNextInt
public boolean hasNextInt()Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as an int value in the default radix using the nextInt() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.Returns: true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid int value Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed -
hasNextInt
public boolean hasNextInt(int radix)Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as an int value in the specified radix using the nextInt() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.Parameters: radix - the radix used to interpret the token as an int value Returns: true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid int value Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed IllegalArgumentException - if the radix is out of rangeIf the radix is less than Character.MIN_RADIX or greater than Character.MAX_RADIX, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
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nextInt
public int nextInt()Scans the next token of the input as an int.Returns: the int scanned from the input Throws: InputMismatchException - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range NoSuchElementException - if input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedAn invocation of this method of the form nextInt() behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation nextInt(radix), where radix is the default radix of this scanner.
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nextInt
public int nextInt(int radix)Scans the next token of the input as an int. This method will throw InputMismatchException if the next token cannot be translated into a valid int value as described below. If the translation is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched.Parameters: radix - the radix used to interpret the token as an int value Returns: the int scanned from the input Throws: InputMismatchException - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range NoSuchElementException - if input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed IllegalArgumentException - if the radix is out of rangeIf the next token matches the Integer regular expression defined above then the token is converted into an int value as if by removing all locale specific prefixes, group separators, and locale specific suffixes, then mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via Character.digit, prepending a negative sign (-) if the locale specific negative prefixes and suffixes were present, and passing the resulting string to Integer.parseInt with the specified radix.
If the radix is less than Character.MIN_RADIX or greater than Character.MAX_RADIX, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
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hasNextLong
public boolean hasNextLong()Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a long value in the default radix using the nextLong() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.Returns: true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid long value Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed -
hasNextLong
public boolean hasNextLong(int radix)Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a long value in the specified radix using the nextLong() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.Parameters: radix - the radix used to interpret the token as a long value Returns: true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid long value Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed IllegalArgumentException - if the radix is out of rangeIf the radix is less than Character.MIN_RADIX or greater than Character.MAX_RADIX, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
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nextLong
public long nextLong()Scans the next token of the input as a long.Returns: the long scanned from the input Throws: InputMismatchException - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range NoSuchElementException - if input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedAn invocation of this method of the form nextLong() behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation nextLong(radix), where radix is the default radix of this scanner.
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nextLong
public long nextLong(int radix)Scans the next token of the input as a long. This method will throw InputMismatchException if the next token cannot be translated into a valid long value as described below. If the translation is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched.Parameters: radix - the radix used to interpret the token as an int value Returns: the long scanned from the input Throws: InputMismatchException - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range NoSuchElementException - if input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed IllegalArgumentException - if the radix is out of rangeIf the next token matches the Integer regular expression defined above then the token is converted into a long value as if by removing all locale specific prefixes, group separators, and locale specific suffixes, then mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via Character.digit, prepending a negative sign (-) if the locale specific negative prefixes and suffixes were present, and passing the resulting string to Long.parseLong with the specified radix.
If the radix is less than Character.MIN_RADIX or greater than Character.MAX_RADIX, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
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hasNextFloat
public boolean hasNextFloat()Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a float value using the nextFloat() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.Returns: true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid float value Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed -
nextFloat
public float nextFloat()Scans the next token of the input as a float. This method will throw InputMismatchException if the next token cannot be translated into a valid float value as described below. If the translation is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched.Returns: the float scanned from the input Throws: InputMismatchException - if the next token does not match the Float regular expression, or is out of range NoSuchElementException - if input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedIf the next token matches the Float regular expression defined above then the token is converted into a float value as if by removing all locale specific prefixes, group separators, and locale specific suffixes, then mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via Character.digit, prepending a negative sign (-) if the locale specific negative prefixes and suffixes were present, and passing the resulting string to Float.parseFloat. If the token matches the localized NaN or infinity strings, then either "Nan" or "Infinity" is passed to Float.parseFloat as appropriate.
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hasNextDouble
public boolean hasNextDouble()Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a double value using the nextDouble() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.Returns: true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid double value Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed -
nextDouble
public double nextDouble()Scans the next token of the input as a double. This method will throw InputMismatchException if the next token cannot be translated into a valid double value. If the translation is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched.Returns: the double scanned from the input Throws: InputMismatchException - if the next token does not match the Float regular expression, or is out of range NoSuchElementException - if the input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedIf the next token matches the Float regular expression defined above then the token is converted into a double value as if by removing all locale specific prefixes, group separators, and locale specific suffixes, then mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via Character.digit, prepending a negative sign (-) if the locale specific negative prefixes and suffixes were present, and passing the resulting string to Double.parseDouble. If the token matches the localized NaN or infinity strings, then either "Nan" or "Infinity" is passed to Double.parseDouble as appropriate.
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hasNextBigInteger
public boolean hasNextBigInteger()Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a BigInteger in the default radix using the nextBigInteger() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.Returns: true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid BigInteger Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed -
hasNextBigInteger
public boolean hasNextBigInteger(int radix)Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a BigInteger in the specified radix using the nextBigInteger() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.Parameters: radix - the radix used to interpret the token as an integer Returns: true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid BigInteger Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed IllegalArgumentException - if the radix is out of rangeIf the radix is less than Character.MIN_RADIX or greater than Character.MAX_RADIX, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
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nextBigInteger
Scans the next token of the input as a BigInteger.Returns: the BigInteger scanned from the input Throws: InputMismatchException - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range NoSuchElementException - if the input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedAn invocation of this method of the form nextBigInteger() behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation nextBigInteger(radix), where radix is the default radix of this scanner.
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nextBigInteger
Scans the next token of the input as a BigInteger.Parameters: radix - the radix used to interpret the token Returns: the BigInteger scanned from the input Throws: InputMismatchException - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range NoSuchElementException - if the input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed IllegalArgumentException - if the radix is out of rangeIf the next token matches the Integer regular expression defined above then the token is converted into a BigInteger value as if by removing all group separators, mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via the Character.digit, and passing the resulting string to the BigInteger(String, int) constructor with the specified radix.
If the radix is less than Character.MIN_RADIX or greater than Character.MAX_RADIX, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
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hasNextBigDecimal
public boolean hasNextBigDecimal()Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a BigDecimal using the nextBigDecimal() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.Returns: true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid BigDecimal Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed -
nextBigDecimal
Scans the next token of the input as a BigDecimal.Returns: the BigDecimal scanned from the input Throws: InputMismatchException - if the next token does not match the Decimal regular expression, or is out of range NoSuchElementException - if the input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closedIf the next token matches the Decimal regular expression defined above then the token is converted into a BigDecimal value as if by removing all group separators, mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via the Character.digit, and passing the resulting string to the BigDecimal(String) constructor.
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reset
Resets this scanner.Returns: this scanner Since: 1.6Resetting a scanner discards all of its explicit state information which may have been changed by invocations of useDelimiter(), useLocale(), or useRadix().
An invocation of this method of the form scanner.reset() behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation scanner.useDelimiter("\\p{javaWhitespace}+") .useLocale(Locale.getDefault(Locale.Category.FORMAT)) .useRadix(10);
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tokens
Returns a stream of delimiter-separated tokens from this scanner. The stream contains the same tokens that would be returned, starting from this scanner's current state, by calling the next() method repeatedly until the hasNext() method returns false.API Note: For example, the following code will create a list of comma-delimited tokens from a string: List<String> result = new Scanner("abc,def,,ghi") .useDelimiter(",") .tokens() .collect(Collectors.toList());The resulting stream is sequential and ordered. All stream elements are non-null.
Scanning starts upon initiation of the terminal stream operation, using the current state of this scanner. Subsequent calls to any methods on this scanner other than close() and ioException() may return undefined results or may cause undefined effects on the returned stream. The returned stream's source Spliterator is fail-fast and will, on a best-effort basis, throw a ConcurrentModificationException if any such calls are detected during stream pipeline execution.
After stream pipeline execution completes, this scanner is left in an indeterminate state and cannot be reused.
If this scanner contains a resource that must be released, this scanner should be closed, either by calling its close() method, or by closing the returned stream. Closing the stream will close the underlying scanner. IllegalStateException is thrown if the scanner has been closed when this method is called, or if this scanner is closed during stream pipeline execution.
This method might block waiting for more input.
The resulting list would contain "abc", "def", the empty string, and "ghi".
Returns: a sequential stream of token strings Throws: IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed Since: 9 -
findAll
Returns a stream of match results from this scanner. The stream contains the same results in the same order that would be returned by calling findWithinHorizon(pattern, 0) and then match() successively as long as findWithinHorizon() finds matches.API Note: For example, the following code will read a file and return a list of all sequences of characters consisting of seven or more Latin capital letters: try (Scanner sc = new Scanner(Path.of("input.txt"))) { Pattern pat = Pattern.compile("[A-Z]{7,}"); List<String> capWords = sc.findAll(pat) .map(MatchResult::group) .collect(Collectors.toList()); } Parameters: pattern - the pattern to be matched Returns: a sequential stream of match results Throws: NullPointerException - if pattern is null IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed Since: 9The resulting stream is sequential and ordered. All stream elements are non-null.
Scanning starts upon initiation of the terminal stream operation, using the current state of this scanner. Subsequent calls to any methods on this scanner other than close() and ioException() may return undefined results or may cause undefined effects on the returned stream. The returned stream's source Spliterator is fail-fast and will, on a best-effort basis, throw a ConcurrentModificationException if any such calls are detected during stream pipeline execution.
After stream pipeline execution completes, this scanner is left in an indeterminate state and cannot be reused.
If this scanner contains a resource that must be released, this scanner should be closed, either by calling its close() method, or by closing the returned stream. Closing the stream will close the underlying scanner. IllegalStateException is thrown if the scanner has been closed when this method is called, or if this scanner is closed during stream pipeline execution.
As with the findWithinHorizon() methods, this method might block waiting for additional input, and it might buffer an unbounded amount of input searching for a match.
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findAll
Returns a stream of match results that match the provided pattern string. The effect is equivalent to the following code: scanner.findAll(Pattern.compile(patString))Parameters: patString - the pattern string Returns: a sequential stream of match results Throws: NullPointerException - if patString is null IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed PatternSyntaxException - if the regular expression's syntax is invalid Since: 9 See Also:
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