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Java Scanner locale() Method with Example

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

Scanner Class locale() method

• locale() method is available in java.util package.
• locale() method is used to return the Locale of this Scanner.
• locale() 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.
• locale() method does not throw an exception at the time of returning locale.

Syntax:

    public Locale locale();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of the method is Locale, it returns this Scanner locale.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of Locale locale() method of Scanner 

import java.util.*;

public class LocaleOfScanner {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String str = "Hi, [IncludeHelp] +\n 10.0 true ";

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

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

        //By using locale() method is
        //to return the default locale for this Scanner
        System.out.println("sc.locale(): " + sc.locale());

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

Output

sc.nextLine(): Hi, [IncludeHelp] +
sc.locale(): en_US