Searching for the specified pattern within the next line of text : Scanner « File « Java Tutorial






  1. String findInLine(Pattern pattern)
  2. String findInLine(String pattern)

If the pattern is found, the matching token is consumed and returned. Otherwise, null is returned.

import java.util.Scanner;

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    Scanner sc = new Scanner("Name: Tom Age: 28 ID: 77");

    sc.findInLine("ID:");

    if (sc.hasNext())
      System.out.println(sc.next());
    else
      System.out.println("Error!");
  }
}
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11.54.Scanner
11.54.1.Using Scanner to receive user input
11.54.2.Using Scanner: the complement of Formatter
11.54.3.In general, to use Scanner, follow this procedure
11.54.4.Creating a Scanner: read from standard input: Scanner conin = new Scanner(System.in)
11.54.5.Creating a Scanner to read from a string
11.54.6.Using Scanner to read several different unknown types of data
11.54.7.Setting Delimiters for Scanner
11.54.8.To obtain the current delimiter pattern: Pattern delimiter( )
11.54.9.Searching for the specified pattern within the next line of text
11.54.10.To find within the next count characters