file reading

[Ranu]

I have a text file with 16 lines in it separated by blank spaces in each line.for e.g,Hi I am Ranu
I love Java
like this upto 16.Now when I read the lines :

try
            {
            FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("//10.66.16.33/Sudarshan/Sudarshan/CompMechDesign/mech.txt");
        BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis);
        DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(bis);
       while((strline=dis.readLine())!=null)
        {
       count++;
       }
     System.out.println("C:"+count); dis.close();      }
            catch(Exception exx)
            {
                
            }

The output is 18.Why is that?

[r035198x]

Don't use those classes for reading text files.
Use BufferedReader with FileReader or the Scanner class instead.

[Norm]

The output is 18.Why is that

Try debugging your program by printing out each line with its count.
Looking at the output you will see why the count is 18. I assume that's what you mean when you say the output is 18 vs the output is C:18

[Eranga]

Yeah print the each line with the counter number you've used. And also for the best practice in catch clause print the stack trace as well.