file access (Sequential search)

From:
"lei" <m_de_robles@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
28 Dec 2006 20:09:26 -0800
Message-ID:
<1167365366.351708.152360@n51g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>
This program is correct in syntax but semantically wrong. Please check
it out.

<code>

import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;

class SearchWord{
    public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException{

    InputStreamReader stdin = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
    BufferedReader console = new BufferedReader(stdin);
    System.out.print("Enter a word: ");
    String input = console.readLine();

    BufferedReader in=null;
    String word;
    int check=1;

    try{
        in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("words.txt"));
    }

    catch(FileNotFoundException e){
        System.out.println("Error opening words.txt.");
        System.exit(1);
    }

    try{
        while((word = in.readLine())!= null){
            if(word.equalsIgnoreCase(input))
                check = 0;
                break;
        }
    }

    catch(IOException ReadError){
        System.out.println("Error reading word.txt.");
        System.exit(1);
    }

    if(check==0)
        System.out.println("The Word Exists.");
    else
        System.out.println("The Word does not exist.");

    try{
        in.close();
    }

    catch(IOException e){
        System.out.println("Error closing words.txt.");
        System.exit(1);
    }

    }
}

</code>

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