Java.util.Scanner.hasNextByte() Method

Description

The java.util.Scanner.hasNextByte() method 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.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Scanner.hasNextByte() method

public boolean hasNextByte()

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

This method returns true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid byte value

Exception

• IllegalStateException -- if this scanner is closed

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.Scanner.hasNextByte() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

public class ScannerDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      String s = "Hello World! 3 + 3.0 = 6";

      // create a new scanner with the specified String Object
      Scanner scanner = new Scanner(s);

      while (scanner.hasNext()) {
         // check if the scanner's next token is a byte
         System.out.println("" + scanner.hasNextByte());

         // print what is scanned
         System.out.println("" + scanner.next());
      }

      // close the scanner
      scanner.close();
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

false
Hello
false
World!
true
3
false
+
false
3.0
false
=
true
6