# Uses of Class
java.util.Scanner

Packages that use Scanner
Package
Description
java.util
Contains the collections framework, some internationalization support classes, a service loader, properties, random number generation, string parsing and scanning classes, base64 encoding and decoding, a bit array, and several miscellaneous utility classes.

## Uses of Scanner in java.util

Methods in java.util that return Scanner
Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`Scanner`
Scanner.`reset()`
Resets this scanner.
`Scanner`
Scanner.`skip​(String pattern)`
Skips input that matches a pattern constructed from the specified string.
`Scanner`
Scanner.`skip​(Pattern pattern)`
Skips input that matches the specified pattern, ignoring delimiters.
`Scanner`
Scanner.`useDelimiter​(String pattern)`
Sets this scanner's delimiting pattern to a pattern constructed from the specified `String`.
`Scanner`
Scanner.`useDelimiter​(Pattern pattern)`
Sets this scanner's delimiting pattern to the specified pattern.
`Scanner`
Scanner.`useLocale​(Locale locale)`
Sets this scanner's locale to the specified locale.
`Scanner`
Scanner.`useRadix​(int radix)`
Sets this scanner's default radix to the specified radix.