Java API Tutorial - Java Scanner.useDelimiter(Pattern pattern)

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Syntax

Scanner.useDelimiter(Pattern pattern) has the following syntax.

public Scanner useDelimiter(Pattern pattern)

Example

In the following code shows how to use Scanner.useDelimiter(Pattern pattern) method.

/*from  w ww . j  av  a  2  s  . co m*/
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Main {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      String s = "java2s.com 1 + 1 = 2.0 true ";

      Scanner scanner = new Scanner(s);

      System.out.println(scanner.nextLine());

      // change the delimiter of this scanner
      scanner.useDelimiter(Pattern.compile(".ll."));

      // display the new delimiter
      System.out.println(scanner.delimiter());


      scanner.close();
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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