Assuming that inputFile is a Scanner object used to read words from a text file, select an expression to complete the following code segment, which counts the number of words in the input file.
A)inputFile.nextString()
B)inputFile.nextDouble()
C)inputFile.next()
D)inputFile.nextInt()

Question

Assuming that inputFile is a Scanner object used to read words from a text file, select an expression to complete the following code segment, which counts the number of words in the input file.  
A)inputFile.nextString() 
B)inputFile.nextDouble() 
C)inputFile.next() 
D)inputFile.nextInt()

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The method .next() of the Scanner class reads the next complete token from the input file, which by default is any sequence of characters separated by whitespace (spaces, newlines, tabs, etc.). Therefore, using .next() will correctly count the number of words in the input file. None of the other choices would work in this case, as they would either skip over some of the words or throw an exception if the input file contains non-numeric characters.

Assuming That InputFile Is a Scanner Object Used to Read