I was reading the API for Java because I had a question on the difference between .nextLine()
and .nextDouble()
. In the API, it says this for
nextDouble()
only reads the next 4 bytes from the input stream which make up the double and does not advance to the next line, whereas nextLine() does. Also i think you need to understand that a new line is designated by the string '\n', and obviously a number will not contain a linebreak, so 'nextDouble()' will not 'advance' to the next line.
EDIT: Razvan is right
It reads the next token (between 2 separating characters,white characters usually), not the next 4 bytes. It then transforms that token to a double if it can.
Ex: Bla bla bla 12231231.2121 bla bla.
The 4th token can be read using nextDouble(). It reads 13 chars and it transforms that string into a double if possible.