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Thread: File to String help

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    Default File to String help

    I need to read a file into a string so I can scramble to words of the file. Right now I have:

    Scanner infile = new Scanner( new FileReader( args[0] ) );

    String text = infile.nextLine();

    This works properly as it reads the first sentence from the file, but it only reads the first line. How do I make it so it reads the whole paragraph in the file????

    I would appreciate any help. Thanks


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    Default Re: File to String help

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    Default Re: File to String help

    Quote Originally Posted by beginneratjava View Post
    ...it only reads the first line. How do I make it so it reads the whole paragraph in the file????
    What delimits a "paragraph"? (That is, how can you tell the end of a paragraph?) Text processing systems like TeX/LaTex use an empty line to designate the end of a paragraph. If that's the case then, here's some pseudo-code you might consider:
    Create a Scanner object with the file name. Call it infile.
    (You have already done this.)
     
    Declare a String. Make it empty.  (For example: String file_data = "";)
     
    Repeat the following loop as long as infile has a next line:
    BEGIN LOOP
     
        Declare a String called line and set it equal to infile.nextLine();
        If the length of the line String is not equal to zero
        THEN
            Set file_data equal to file_data + the line String that you just read.
        ELSE
            Break out of the Loop;
        END IF
     
    END LOOP

    Of course if you mean to read the entire file, and not a single blank-line-delimited paragraph, you would eliminate the IF/ELSE conditional block and just append each line. The loop terminates when there are no more lines to be read.

    Some people would prefer a StringBuilder object rather than a String for file_data. You would use the StringBuilder.append() method for each line you read.


    Cheers!

    Z
    Last edited by Zaphod_b; October 18th, 2012 at 02:30 PM.

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