Read data from a text file using Java

Question

I need to read a text file line by line using Java. I use available() method of FileInputStream to check and loop over the file. But while reading, the loop terminates after the line before the last one. i.e., if the file has 10 lines, the loop reads only the first 9 lines. Snippet used :

while(fis.available() > 0)
{
    char c = (char)fis.read();
    .....
    .....
}

Answer 1

Try this just a little search in Google

import java.io.*;
class FileRead 
{
   public static void main(String args[])
  {
      try{
    // Open the file that is the first 
    // command line parameter
    FileInputStream fstream = new FileInputStream("textfile.txt");
    // Get the object of DataInputStream
    DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(fstream);
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
    String strLine;
    //Read File Line By Line
    while ((strLine = br.readLine()) != null)   {
      // Print the content on the console
      System.out.println (strLine);
    }
    //Close the input stream
    in.close();
    }catch (Exception e){//Catch exception if any
      System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
    }
  }
}

Answer 2

How about using Scanner? I think using Scanner is easier

     private static void readFile(String fileName) {
       try {
         File file = new File(fileName);
         Scanner scanner = new Scanner(file);
         while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {
           System.out.println(scanner.nextLine());
         }
         scanner.close();
       } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
       }
     }

Read more about Java IO here

Answer 3

Yes, buffering should be used for better performance. Use BufferedReader OR byte[] to store your temp data.

thanks.

Answer 4

    File file = new File("Path");

    FileReader reader = new FileReader(file);  

    while((ch=reader.read())!=-1)
    {
        System.out.print((char)ch);
    }

This worked for me

Answer 5

The reason your code skipped the last line was because you put fis.available() > 0 instead of fis.available() >= 0

Answer 6

public class ReadFileUsingFileInputStream {

/**
* @param args
*/
static int ch;

public static void main(String[] args) {
    File file = new File("C://text.txt");
    StringBuffer stringBuffer = new StringBuffer("");
    try {
        FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
        try {
            while((ch = fileInputStream.read())!= -1){
                stringBuffer.append((char)ch);  
            }
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    System.out.println("File contents :");
    System.out.println(stringBuffer);
    }
}