Why not nextString instead of nextLine

Question

im a bit confused why they didn't use nextString? can someone please explain for a noob.

Answer 1

lets say you have a string
String str = "Hello World!";
Scanner scan = new Scanner (str);
scan.next (); vs scan.nextLine ();
scan.nextLine () would give: Hello World!
while scan.next () would give: Hello
nextLine gives the whole line, which next only gives the next word

Answer 2

because there is already a method for nextString. but its called next()

Answer 3

yes. the line could include integers and decimal numbers, except it would be returned as a string
and in the case of only next (), even if it is an integer, it will be converted to a string, unless you do nextInt ()

Answer 4

so does that mean next() would only print the first word of the string?

Answer 5

i mean one line can be put in one string no?

Answer 6

so the line could also include integers etc? i think i got it. big thanks.😁