Java.util.Scanner.reset() Method

Description

The java.util.Scanner.reset() method resets this scanner.Resetting a scanner discards all of its explicit state information which may have been changed by invocations of useDelimiter(java.util.regex.Pattern), useLocale(java.util.Locale), or useRadix(int).

Declaration

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

public Scanner reset()

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

This method returns this scanner

Exception

• NA

Example

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

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

public class ScannerDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      String s = "Hello World! 3 + 3.0 = 6.0 true ";

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

      // print a line of the scanner
      System.out.println("" + scanner.nextLine());

      // change the locale of this scanner
      scanner.useLocale(Locale.US);

      // change the radix of this scanner
      scanner.useRadix(30);

      // reset and check the values for radix and locale, which are the default
      scanner.reset();
      System.out.println("" + scanner.radix());
      System.out.println("" + scanner.locale());

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

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

Hello World! 3 + 3.0 = 6.0 true 
10
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