[java] Why am I getting InputMismatchException?

So far I have this:

public double checkValueWithin(int min, int max) {
    double num;
    Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
    num = reader.nextDouble();                         
    while (num < min || num > max) {                 
        System.out.print("Invalid. Re-enter number: "); 
        num = reader.nextDouble();                         
    }
    return num;
}

and this:

public void askForMarks() {
    double marks[] = new double[student];
    int index = 0;
    Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
    while (index < student) {
        System.out.print("Please enter a mark (0..30): ");
        marks[index] = (double) checkValueWithin(0, 30); 
        index++;
    }
}

When I test this, it can't take double number and I got this message:

Exception in thread "main" java.util.InputMismatchException
at java.util.Scanner.throwFor(Scanner.java:909)
at java.util.Scanner.next(Scanner.java:1530)
at java.util.Scanner.nextDouble(Scanner.java:2456)
at MarkingSystem.checkValueWithin(MarkingSystem.java:25)
at MarkingSystem.askForMarks(MarkingSystem.java:44)
at World.main(World.java:6)
Java Result: 1

How do I fix this?

Instead of using a dot, like: 1.2, try to input like this: 1,2.

Are you providing write input to the console ?

Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
num = reader.nextDouble();  

This is return double if you just enter number like 456. In case you enter a string or character instead,it will throw java.util.InputMismatchException when it tries to do num = reader.nextDouble() .

I encountered the same problem. Strange, but the reason was that the object Scanner interprets fractions depending on localization of system. If the current localization uses a comma to separate parts of the fractions, the fraction with the dot will turn into type String. Hence the error ...

Since you have the manual user input loop, after the scanner has read your first input it will pass the carriage/return into the next line which will also be read; of course, that is not what you wanted.

You can try this

try {
    // ...
} catch (InputMismatchException e) {
    reader.next(); 
}

or alternatively, you can consume that carriage return before reading your next double input by calling

reader.next()