writing a program to read a specific amount of lines from a file?

[welikedogs]

hey my names scott am fairly new to java and am looking for a bit of help.

Im looking to write a program that reads and prints out the first 10 lines of text from a file. Ive been learning java for around 2 weeks now but cannot find anywhere how to do this. Can somebody give me a hand?

Thanks allot scott :)

[Tolls]

1. Set a counter to 0.
2. read a line.
3. increment the counter.
4. Is the counter < 10? then go to 2.
5. PROFIT!

In other words loop 10 times over a readline.

[KevinWorkman]

Crossposted, sorta: reading a certain amount of lines from a file? - Java Programming Forums

[welikedogs]

no kevin. earlier i wanted to know how to print a certain amount of lines. now i want to know how to print every other line. Thank you for your help!

[DarrylBurke]

earlier i wanted to know how to print a certain amount of lines. now i want to know how to print every other line.

That's not what you asked.

Im looking to write a program that reads and prints out the first 10 lines of text from a file.

If you don't like to be called a cross poster, you shouldn't have cross posted in the first place.

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