Scanner method to get a char

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To get a char from a Scanner, you can use the findInLine method.

    Scanner sc = new Scanner("abc");
    char ch = sc.findInLine(".").charAt(0);
    System.out.println(ch); // prints "a"
    System.out.println(sc.next()); // prints "bc"

If you need a bunch of char from a Scanner, then it may be more convenient to (perhaps temporarily) change the delimiter to the empty string. This will make next() returns a length-1 string every time.

    Scanner sc = new Scanner("abc");
    sc.useDelimiter("");
    while (sc.hasNext()) {
        System.out.println(sc.next());
    } // prints "a", "b", "c"

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