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.readline() from BufferedReader.
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<pre><code id="code-30662">BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(file); 
for (String line = reader.readLine(); line != null; line = reader.readLine()) {
   // process line
}
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BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(file); 
for (String line = reader.readLine(); line != null; line = reader.readLine()) {
   // process line
}


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BufferedReader in &nbsp;= new BufferedReader(new FileReader(&quot;somefile&quot;)); would be good.<br />

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BufferedReader in  = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("somefile")); would be good.


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Cool too: <a href="http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/File-Input-Output/Mappinganentirefileintomemoryforreading.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/File-Input-Output/Mappinganentirefileintomemoryforreading.htm</a>
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Cool too: http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/File-Input-Output/Mappinganentirefileintomemoryforreading.htm [http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/File-Input-Output/Mappinganentirefileintomemoryforreading.htm]

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<a href="http://www.objects.com.au/java/qa/1052695124.html" rel="ugc">http://www.objects.com.au/java/qa/1052695124.html</a><br />
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or to read file into list<br />
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<a href="http://www.objects.com.au/java/qa/908090699.html" rel="ugc">http://www.objects.com.au/java/qa/908090699.html</a><br />
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http://www.objects.com.au/java/qa/1052695124.html [http://www.objects.com.au/java/qa/1052695124.html]

or to read file into list

http://www.objects.com.au/java/qa/908090699.html [http://www.objects.com.au/java/qa/908090699.html]



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Hi,<br />
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In java, what's the proper method to read a file, line by line? In my case, the data is human readable characters. It seems there are many different ways on the net. I guess I just want one large string representing the contents of the file.<br />
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Thanks
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Hi,

In java, what's the proper method to read a file, line by line? In my case, the data is human readable characters. It seems there are many different ways on the net. I guess I just want one large string representing the contents of the file.

Thanks

Proper way to read file line by line?

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