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Class Name

BufferedReader

Description

A BufferedReader object is used to read files line-by-line as individual String objects.

Starting with Processing release 0134, all files loaded and saved by the Processing API use UTF-8 encoding. In previous releases, the default encoding for your platform was used, which causes problems when files are moved to other platforms.

Examples

  • BufferedReader reader;
String line;
 
void setup() {
  // Open the file from the createWriter() example
  reader = createReader("positions.txt");    
}
 
void draw() {
  try {
    line = reader.readLine();
  } catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    line = null;
  }
  if (line == null) {
    // Stop reading because of an error or file is empty
    noLoop();  
  } else {
    String[] pieces = split(line, TAB);
    int x = int(pieces[0]);
    int y = int(pieces[1]);
    point(x, y);
  }
}

Methods

  • readLine()Returns a String that is the current line in the BufferedReader.

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