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Thread: Weared behaviour during reading a simple text file

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    Default Weared behaviour during reading a simple text file

    As a beginner, I would like to read a text file that contains aproximately 1.500 lines of plain text.
    So I created a text file (Code_A) with 1.500 lines of text. If I open the text file I notice that the file contains the 1.500 lines of text.
    Subsequently, If I read the text file (Code_B) then only the lines 990 to 1.500 are displayed. The lines 1 to 899 are not displayed.

    I have tried different posibilities to read the data eg:

    BufferedReader
    FileReader
    scanner
    String

    They all produces the same problem and display only the last lines from 900 to 1.500.

    I have no idea why only the lines 900-1.500 are displayed. Can someone point me to the right direction ??
    Thanks

    Code_A to write the text file
           try {
                    FileWriter writer = new FileWriter("MyFile.txt", true);
     
    				BufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(writer);
     
                    for(i= 1 ; i < 1500; i++){               	 
     
                        writer.write(i + "    Hello World this is my first JAVA test.");
                        writer.write("\r\n");   // write new line               
     
                        }  
     
                    bufferedWriter.close();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

    Code_B to read the text file
                try {
                    FileReader reader = new FileReader("MyFile.txt");
                    BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(reader);
     
                    String line;
     
                    while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
                        System.out.println(line);     /* only lines 900-1500 are displayed */
                    }
                    reader.close();
     
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

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    Default Re: Weared behaviour during reading a simple text file

    Can you post code that compiles and executes for testing? The posted code is missing the import statements and the class and method declarations.

    What is the purpose of the BufferedWriter? The code uses the FileWriter class to write the file. Try removing the BufferedWriter usage or use it to write the file.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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