Using the same scanner multiple times in code help

Code :

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import java.io.File;
import java.util.Scanner;
 
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
 
public class TextAnalysis {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
 
		UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
 
		JFileChooser chooser = 
				new JFileChooser("c:/users/zachary/demo");
 
		int outcome = chooser.showOpenDialog(null);
 
		if (outcome == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
 
			File f = chooser.getSelectedFile();
			Scanner words = new Scanner(f);
 
 
			String word = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter word");
			if (word != null) {
 
				int count = countThe(words, word);
				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Count: " + count);
				int allwords = totalwords(words);
				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,  "Total Words: " + allwords);
 
			}
 
		}
 
	}
 
	public static int countThe(Scanner words, String word) {
		int count = 0;
 
		while (words.hasNext()) {
			if (words.next().equalsIgnoreCase(word)) {
				count++;
			}
		}
		return count;
	}
 
	public static int totalwords(Scanner words) {
		int x = 0;
 
		while (words.hasNext()) {
			x++;
		}
 
		return x;
	}
 
}

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Alright, so what I'm trying to do is import a .txt file, use it as a scanner, and then have it search for the number of times the input word is used inside of the .txt file. That part works. I also want it to count the total number of words in the file. That part doesn't work and I can't seem to figure out why, especially as that should be the easier part of this. I'm very new to java, please help me!

EDIT: It returns "x", so it is reaching that part of the code, but it's like it is already at the end of the text file so there isn't a chance for it to go through the while method. Is there a way I can reset the scanner to start from the beginning of the file again? Or am I completely off about that?

I think adding a couple of println statements to the code so you can see what it is doing will help you figure out how to make it do what you want it to do.

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Originally Posted by jps

I think adding a couple of println statements to the code so you can see what it is doing will help you figure out how to make it do what you want it to do.

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Thanks for the suggestion. It looks like it must be at the end of the file, because I can get it to print out whatever number I want before the "while (words.hasNext)" statements. I've figured out what it's doing, but now I'm stuck on trying to get it to do what I want to do. Is there a way I can import my text file and then create multiple scanners out of it? Or anyway that I can reset the scanner to the beginning after it goes through each method? Thanks for the help.

I've decided to take a different approach, this one works so far!
[code]public class TextAnalysis {

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAn dFeelClassName());

JFileChooser chooser =
new JFileChooser("c:/users/zachary/demo");

int outcome = chooser.showOpenDialog(null);

if (outcome == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {

File f = chooser.getSelectedFile();
Scanner words = new Scanner(f);
int count = 0;
int totalwords = 0;

String word = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter word");
if (word != null) {

while (words.hasNext()) {
totalwords++;
if (words.next().equalsIgnoreCase(word)) {
count++;
}
}
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Count: " + count);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Words: " + totalwords);





}

}

}
}
[code]