EOF methode

Hello,

I am reading a text file using FileReader and BufferedReader.
Is there a way a checking the EOF ?

I set an EOF attrubute to true when

Code:

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br = BufferedReader(fr);
br.readLine() == null;

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.

Is there another way of checking the EOF
ex : br.EOF;

thanks

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Dipke

Hello,

I am reading a text file using FileReader and BufferedReader.
Is there a way a checking the EOF ?

I set an EOF attrubute to true when

Code:

---

br = BufferedReader(fr);
br.readLine() == null;

---

.

Is there another way of checking the EOF
ex : br.EOF;

thanks

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Did you find such method in the API documentation?

kind regards,

Jos

ps. Java (nor C, nor C++) can predict an eof-condition. Pascal used to be able to do this.

Hello,
No i did not, but perhaps there is a method with another name that does the job.
Or there is another way of checking.

Grz

Code:

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try{
while(true){
// code here
}
}
catch(EOFException e){}

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Thanks for the reply

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Dipke

Thanks for the reply

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The code in the previous reply doesn't always work, i.e. there are methods that return -1 or null when they have bumped into an end of file and no exception is thrown. Read the API documentation for the InputStream and Reader classes instead.

kind regards,

Jos

Thanks jos,

I am still using my code that is working.

Code:

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br.readLine() == null;

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I am used to work with VB en RealStudio.
There is an EOF.
Therefore i was just wondering if there was a similar thing in Java.

Kind regards
Dimi

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Dipke

Thanks jos,

I am still using my code that is working.

Code:

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br.readLine() == null;

---

I am used to work with VB en RealStudio.
There is an EOF.
Therefore i was just wondering if there was a similar thing in Java.

Kind regards
Dimi

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In Java there is no such thing as an 'end of file' character and nor is there physically one in a file. There is an end of file condition and it is shown to you by the return value of the method if it can do so. Methods that can't return such a 'sentinel' value have to throw en EndOfFileException. Just play the game by the rules and everything will be fine.

kind regards,

Jos