CODEWITHSUNDEEP
java
dziugas009
dziugas009

Reputation: 49

Specific line from file using java

I want to print from a file a specific line, for example the fourth line or the second line. This is my code and it only displays all lines and each lines number. I'm sorry if this is a simple and stupid question, but thank you in advance :D. 

FileReader fr = null;
      LineNumberReader lnr = null;
      String str;
      int i;

      try{
         // create new reader
         fr = new FileReader("test.txt");
         lnr = new LineNumberReader(fr);

         // read lines till the end of the stream
         while((str=lnr.readLine())!=null)
         {

            i=lnr.getLineNumber();
            System.out.print("("+i+")");

            // prints string
            System.out.println(str);
             }

      }catch(Exception e){

         // if any error occurs
         e.printStackTrace();
      }finally{

         // closes the stream and releases system resources
         if(fr!=null)
            fr.close();
         if(lnr!=null)
            lnr.close();
      }
   }
}

Upvotes: 2

Views: 101

Answers (4)

Sivakumar
Sivakumar

Reputation: 1751

How about this.

public static void main(String[] args) 
{
    int lineNo = 2;     // Sample line number
    System.out.println("content present in the given line no "+lineNo+" --> "+getLineContents(lineNo));
}

public static String getContents(int line_no) {

     String line = null;

      try(LineNumberReader  lineNumberReader = new LineNumberReader(new FileReader("path\\to\\file")))
      {
        while ((line = lineNumberReader.readLine()) != null) {
            if (lineNumberReader.getLineNumber() == line_no)  {  
                break;
            }
        }                       
      }
      catch(Exception exception){
          System.out.println("Exception :: "+exception.getMessage());
      }
      finally{
          return line;
      }
}

With the help of try-with-resources statement you can avoid closing stream explicitly, everything takes care by them.

Upvotes: 0

Justin
Justin

Reputation: 2031

The easiest way is to simply keep track of which line you're reading. It looks like you want to use i for that. Don't forget to break out of the loop once you've read the line you want.

Also, the continue statement says "skip everything else and move to the next iteration".

See The while and do-while Statements

     while((str=lnr.readLine())!=null)
     {
        i=lnr.getLineNumber();
        if(i != 57) continue;
        System.out.print("("+i+")");

        // prints string
        System.out.println(str);
        break;
     }

Keep in mind that, as the comment below mentioned, LineNumberReader begins reading at 0. So, this would actually return line 56 in natural ordering. If you want 57 in natural ordering, you can use this conditional statement instead. if(i <= 57) continue;

Upvotes: 2

m0tylan0ga
m0tylan0ga

Reputation: 94

Put some counter inside loop and add aditional condition to while loop e.g counter < 4. I think it should work as you want to.

Upvotes: 0

Reins
Reins

Reputation: 1109

how about

if(i == 2){
    System.out.println(str);
    break;
}

instead of 2 you can give the number in as a commandline argument or user-input.

Upvotes: 1

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