Reading in file - input missing

Question

I was trying to help this user with an answer, but reading in the file isn't working as I expected.

If I create a file with just the OPs first two lines:

Learning Java - William Lane -12.00 - Wiley - 0811234561

- William Stalling - 25.00 - Prentice Hall - 1304086641

The output is as expected:

Learning Java - William Lane -12.00 - Wiley - 0811234561
- William Stalling - 25.00 - Prentice Hall - 1304086641

But when I add the third line:

Learning Java - William Lane -12.00 - Wiley - 0811234561

- William Stalling - 25.00 - Prentice Hall - 1304086641

OOP programming - Graham Winter - 32.50 – O'Reilly - 0471974555

The output is blank.

My code is straight forward, just to test it. I copied and pasted the file contents directly from the linked question above. Is there a special character on that line, and if so, how to find it? And why would it not print the other lines?

Scanner sc = new Scanner(new File("myfile"));
        while (sc.hasNextLine()) {
            String nameLine = sc.nextLine();
            System.out.println(nameLine);
        }

I ran it through a debugger and sc.hasNextLine returns false and the program ends.

Edit:

I'm using Notepad basically to test this, and noticed (on the browser) that the dash between 32.50 and O'Reilly is slightly elongated. So I removed this dash and saved and the program works as expected. When I put it back in and save and re-run the program, it doesn't display anything. I can produce this every time.

I then tested in Notepad++ and all worked smoothly. Happy days.

So I did a comparison between the two files with WinMerge; it basically says the only difference is that dash, and on Notepad++, it's – but on Notepad, it's –.

Anyone any ideas?

Answer 1

You may try these changes to see if it works for you. In your post i copied your 3 lines put it to notepad and saved and then opened in notepad++. It never gave issue.

Answer 2

THis might probably because of difference in file encoding/character set. Try reading the file as UTF-8 mode and check.