====== nextShort() ======
<code java>
public short nextShort()
</code>
return short scanned from the input

===== example nextShort() in java =====
<code java>
package scanner;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Scanner {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        /* Create Scanner Object for the input from the keyboard */
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); 
        
        short currency;
                
        System.out.print("Please enter a number: ");
        currency = scan.nextShort(); // read keyboard buffer
        
        System.out.println("Number is " + currency);

        scan.close(); // close the object 
    }
}


</code>

==== output of nextShort()====
    Please enter a number: 42
    Number is 42