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Java Scanner close() Method with Example

Scanner Class close() method: Here, we are going to learn about the close() method of Scanner Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on February 18, 2020

Scanner Class close() method

• close() method is available in java.util package.
• close() method is used to close this Scanner object when opened otherwise this method does not affect.
• close() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• close() method does not throw an exception at the time of closing Scanner.

Syntax:

    public void close();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of the method is void, it returns nothing.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of void close() method of Scanner 

import java.util.*;

public class CloseScanner {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String str = "Hi, IncludeHelp";

        // Instantiates a Scanner object with
        // the given string str
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(str);

        System.out.println("sc.nextLine(): " + sc.nextLine());

        // By using close() method is to 
        // close the Scanner object
        sc.close();
    }
}

Output

sc.nextLine(): Hi, IncludeHelp