Scanner useLocale(Locale) in Java

useLocale(Locale): This method is available in java.util.Scanner class of Java.

Syntax:

Scanner java.util.Scanner.useLocale(Locale locale)

This method takes one argument. This method sets this scanner's locale to the specified locale.

Parameters: One parameter is required for this method.

locale: A string specifying the locale to use.

Returns: this scanner

Exceptions: NA

Approach

Java

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class ScanneruseLocale {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String source = "Hello World";
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(source);

        System.out.println(scanner.useLocale(Locale.US));
        scanner.close();
    }
}

Output:

java.util.Scanner[delimiters=\p{javaWhitespace}+][position=0][match valid=false][need input=false][source closed=false][skipped=false][group separator=\x{2c}][decimal separator=\x{2e}][positive prefix=][negative prefix=\Q-\E][positive suffix=][negative suffix=][NaN string=\QNaN\E][infinity string=\Q∞\E]