Re: Problem reading/writing U.K. pound sign

Here is my one line test data file

001=A3999.99

Here is my test program code which I am compiling and running on
linux.

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class poundtesting {
  public static void main(String[] args) {

      String strReturn;
      String strDocumentFile = "/home/john/poundtest";
      InputStream fr;
      BufferedReader br = null;
      try {
        fr = new FileInputStream(strDocumentFile);
        br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fr, "UTF-8"));
      }
      catch (java.io.FileNotFoundException e) {
        strReturn = "FileNotFoundException trying to open " +
strDocumentFile;
        System.out.println(strReturn);

      }

     catch (java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
        strReturn = "FileNotFoundException trying to open " +
strDocumentFile;
        System.out.println(strReturn);

      }

      String s = null;
      String outline = null;
      do {
        try {
            s = br.readLine();
            if (s != null) {
              outline = s;
              System.out.println(s);
            }

        } catch (Exception e) {
            strReturn = " Error while reading " + strDocumentFile;
            System.out.println(strReturn);
        }
      } while (s != null);

      String strBatchFile = "/home/john/poundout";
      OutputStream fw;
      BufferedWriter bw = null;
      try {
        fw = new FileOutputStream(strBatchFile,true);
        bw = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(fw, "UTF-8"));
      }
      catch (java.io.FileNotFoundException e) {
        strReturn = "FileNotFoundException trying to open " +
strBatchFile;
        System.out.println(strReturn);

      }

     catch (java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
        strReturn = "FileNotFoundException trying to open " +
strBatchFile;
        System.out.println(strReturn);

     }
     try {
          bw.write(outline);
          bw.newLine();

      } catch (IOException e) {
           strReturn = "IOEXception trying to write " + strBatchFile ;
           System.out.println(strReturn);
      }

     try {
            br.close();
            bw.close();
     } catch (Exception e) {
           // Don't care
     }
   }
}