Java Scanner Error: Exception in thread "main" java.util.NoSuchElementException

Question

I just started my university course in java and keep getting this error with the Scanner class.

import java.util.Scanner;

public class InchConversion
{
    public static void main (String[] args)
    {   
        Double inches, centimeters;
        Scanner fromKeyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Enter Value in Inches");
        inches = fromKeyboard.nextDouble();
        centimeters = inches*2.54;
        System.out. println(inches + " inches is equal to " + centimeters + " centimeters.");
    }
}

and the error I keep getting is:

  Compiling InchConversion.java.......
-----------OUTPUT-----------
Enter Value in Inches
Exception in thread "main" java.util.NoSuchElementException
    at java.util.Scanner.throwFor(Scanner.java:862)
    at java.util.Scanner.next(Scanner.java:1485)
    at java.util.Scanner.nextDouble(Scanner.java:2413)
    at InchConversion.main(InchConversion.java:11)
[Finished in 0.8s with exit code 1]

It doesn't prompt for an input. windows 10. Good to know it works fine, do you think its a PC issue? — theghid
– theghid, Commented Oct 28, 2015 at 20:29

The Law · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-28 20:40:23Z

4

You need to use 3.0 for the input for example, because you explicitely tell the scanner to expect float value, and in Java float needs the decimal, even if it is whole number. Workouround would be:

double inches = Double.parseDouble(fromKeyboard.nextLine());

This way you tell the scanner to parse first String value on current line that can also be interpreted as double(in this case the java compiler does not care even if the number has no decimal, it adds it during the parsing process). So if you enter 20, it will automaticall add decimal and inches = 20.0. But if you want inches = 20.1 you still have to enter 20dot1. But at least it gets rid of unintuitive and alien 20.0 input.

EDIT: I tried your code with my fix and it works perfectly fine for me

public static void main (String[] args) {   
    Double inches, centimeters;
    Scanner fromKeyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Enter Value in Inches");
    inches = Double.parseDouble(fromKeyboard.nextLine());
    centimeters = inches*2.54;
    System.out.println(inches + " inches is equal to " + centimeters + " centimeters.");
}

The output if you enter 1 is 1.0 inches is equal to 2.54 centimeters.

edited Oct 28, 2015 at 20:40

answered Oct 28, 2015 at 20:24

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theghid Over a year ago

Compiling InchConversion.java....... -----------OUTPUT----------- Enter Value in Inches Exception in thread "main" java.util.NoSuchElementException: No line found at java.util.Scanner.nextLine(Scanner.java:1540) at InchConversion.main(InchConversion.java:11) [Finished in 0.8s with exit code 1]

theghid Over a year ago

Thanks for that. I will have to look into this further as it looks like a pc setup issue. something strange.

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