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pls help regarding text file reading in java.

Posted by Bhargav on December 26, 2001 at 7:02 AM

hello ...i am reading a text file using readLine() but the record which i am reading is very large for the string variable in which i am populating it. and hence at theend itis giving me exception.
my code is like...

File f = new File("Test.txt");
FileReader fr = new FileReader(f);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
String rec;

while((rec = br.readLine()) != null)
{
//some code goes here
}

itis unable to corporate the whole record in variable "rec"
so what should i do as i have to extract certain data from this record using "substring()" function...
pls help ..it is urgent..
thanking u..
bhargav...

• try using StringBuffer class Manpreet Minhas January 04, 2002 at 12:57 AM (0)
• How big is each line? Hiran December 26, 2001 at 2:42 PM (0)