nextDouble() throws an InputMismatchException when I enter a double

Question

import java.util.*;

class Averager
{
    public static double unlimited()
    {
        int count = 0;
        double sum = 0;
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
        while(scan.hasNext())
        {
            double d = scan.nextDouble();
            sum += d;
            count++;
        }
        double ave = sum/count;
        return ave;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(unlimited()+"\n");
    }
}

There is no error when I use integers but if I use numbers with point in it a error appears.

$ javac Averager.java; java Averager
0.5
Exception in thread "main" java.util.InputMismatchException
    at java.util.Scanner.throwFor(Scanner.java:840)
    at java.util.Scanner.next(Scanner.java:1461)
    at java.util.Scanner.nextDouble(Scanner.java:2387)
    at Averager.unlimited(Averager.java:12)
    at Averager.main(Averager.java:21)

To my best understanding 0.5 should be covered by double. If not please can someone correct me.

Answer 1

It might be locale dependent. Decimal numbers are e.g written as 0,5 in Sweden.

Change your code so that it says e.g.:

Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
scan.useLocale(Locale.US);