To find the start of this thread, along with the source code of my Java Scanner example, see my post here<\/a>. I discuss a test run on Windows here<\/a>.<\/p>\n My Linux tests are run on Ubuntu 14.04; it uses the bash<\/strong> shell. Here’s one of my command line calls: Apparently, in bash<\/strong>, the Java Scanner program does interpret $56.92 as a readable number: 6.92. If we escape the dollar sign like so: \\$56.92<\/span>, then the Java Scanner program sees the input as $56.92<\/span>, which it deems an unreadable number. Compared to the Windows test run yesterday, there are no other surprises in the results of this one.<\/p>\n I’m no expert on operating systems, but I believe I know why bash<\/strong> handles the dollar sign input differently from Windows. I’ll be sharing my suppositions about that in a coming post.<\/p>\n
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\njava TryScanner $56.92 \\$56.92 26 here 54.e-3 678a a678 5.4f 5.4d
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\nThe result:
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\nReadable number: 6.92 \/\/A little surprising?<\/span>
\nNot a readable number: $56.92
\nReadable number: 26.0
\nNot a readable number: here
\nReadable number: 0.054
\nNot a readable number: 678a
\nNot a readable number: a678
\nNot a readable number: 5.4f
\nNot a readable number: 5.4d
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