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[neat marlin]

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If Scanner#nextLine reads an empty line after calling a different Scanner#next method, take a look at this StackOverflow post.

[scarlet grove]

I am so confused what do u mean?

[limpid zephyr]

Did you read the StackOverflow post?

[scarlet grove]

Yeh, still dont get it

[limpid zephyr]

you called nextInt()

And then you call nextLine()

nextLine tries to read the remainder of the line with the nextInt call

which is an empty line

[scarlet grove]

So how does one fix that?

[limpid zephyr]

Add an additional scanner.nextLine(); before System.out.println("Adjective: ");

this consumes the remaining line

[scarlet grove]

I know what to do now but I am having a difficult time understand how it works

[limpid zephyr]

ok when you call nextInt, the scanner reads an int

but it's still stuck at the same line

so when calling nextLine, it finishes the line where it read the int

and returns the remainder of that line (which is empty)

only when calling nextLine a second time, you are reading the actual line

[scarlet grove]

Ok thanks

I understand now

Much appreciated

[neat marlin]

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