Re: Reading a text file

From:
bruce <bruceaj@bellsouth.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:08:08 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<ddcba3bd-8a4a-41c4-be98-7d63b31d8731@p16g2000vbs.googlegroups.com>
On Feb 11, 10:42 pm, Eric Sosman <esos...@ieee-dot-org.invalid> wrote:

On 2/11/2011 9:55 PM, bruce wrote:

On Feb 11, 9:51 pm, Eric Sosman<esos...@ieee-dot-org.invalid> wrote:

On 2/11/2011 9:26 PM, bruce wrote:

I am reading a file with

      BufferedReader reader = null;
      StringBuffer contents = new StringBuffer();
      while ((text = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                  contents.append(text)
                      .append(System.getPropert=

y(

                          "line.separator")=

);

                  }

This code reads the file fine. My problem is that when I put the d=

ata

into a text, it is displayed with a space character before ever
character. (bruce => b r u c e)

What am I doing wrong??


      Something in the "it is displayed" code would be my guess.


This is how I am displaying the input text:

txtText.setText(contents.toString());

Is that the wrong way to insert the file data (contents) into the text
area (txtText)?


     Sorry: I can't get your code to compile, much less run and
exhibit desirable or undesirable behavior.

     (In other words, STOP dripping your code out line by line by
incomplete out-of-context line! "Doctor, it hurts!" "What hurts?"
"Even worse than yesterday!" Please provide code that is SHORT and
SELF-CONTAINED and COMPLETE and COMPILABLE. Yes, including the
package and imports and class lines: Something someone who feels like
being helpful can dump AS IS through his Java compiler and see what
happens. I can't debug what I can't see. Stop teasing!)

--
Eric Sosman
esos...@ieee-dot-org.invalid


I am sorry but including all the code is hard to do. I am using
NetBeans and it generates a lot of support code.

I don't now if you can compile it or not. This program is a test
program to teach me how to use the JFileChooser.

I know you're trying to help and I do appreciate it.. This is the best
I can do. It does include the NetBeans generated code.

package VitalRecords;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

/**
 *
 * @author Bruce
 */
public class VitalRecords extends JFrame {

    JFileChooser fc;
    BufferedReader reader = null;
    StringBuffer contents = new StringBuffer();

    /** Creates new form VitalRecords */
    public VitalRecords() {
        initComponents();
        fc = new JFileChooser();
    }

    /** This method is called from within the constructor to
     * initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
     * always regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">
    private void initComponents() {

        jScrollPane1 = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
        txtText = new javax.swing.JTextArea();
        lblFileName = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jMenuBar1 = new javax.swing.JMenuBar();
        jMenu1 = new javax.swing.JMenu();
        mnuOpenFile = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();
        jMenu2 = new javax.swing.JMenu();

 
setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        txtText.setColumns(20);
        txtText.setRows(5);
        jScrollPane1.setViewportView(txtText);

        lblFileName.setText("File Name: ");

        jMenu1.setText("File");

        mnuOpenFile.setText("Open File");
        mnuOpenFile.addActionListener(new
java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent
evt) {
                mnuOpenFileActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });
        jMenu1.add(mnuOpenFile);

        jMenuBar1.add(jMenu1);

        jMenu2.setText("Edit");
        jMenuBar1.add(jMenu2);

        setJMenuBar(jMenuBar1);

        javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new
javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
        getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
 
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addComponent(jScrollPane1,
javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 703, Short.MAX_VALUE)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addComponent(lblFileName)
                .addContainerGap(625, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
 
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(13, 13, 13)
                .addComponent(lblFileName)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement=
..UNRELATED)
                .addComponent(jScrollPane1,
javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 357, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );

        pack();
    }// </editor-fold>

    private void mnuOpenFileActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent
evt) {
        int returnVal = fc.showOpenDialog(VitalRecords.this);
        System.out.println(returnVal);
        if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
            File file = fc.getSelectedFile();
            String fileLabel = lblFileName.getText();
            String fileName = fc.getName(file);
            lblFileName.setText(fileLabel + fileName);
            try {

                reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
            } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
 
Logger.getLogger(VitalRecords.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null,
ex);
            }
            String text = null;

            try {
                while ((text = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                contents.append(text)
                    .append(System.getProperty(
                        "line.separator"));
                }
            } catch (IOException ex) {
 
Logger.getLogger(VitalRecords.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null,
ex);
            }
            txtText.setText(contents.toString());
            System.out.println(contents.toString());

    }
    }
    /**
    * @param args the command line arguments
    */
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new VitalRecords().setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }

    // Variables declaration - do not modify
    private javax.swing.JMenu jMenu1;
    private javax.swing.JMenu jMenu2;
    private javax.swing.JMenuBar jMenuBar1;
    private javax.swing.JScrollPane jScrollPane1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel lblFileName;
    private javax.swing.JMenuItem mnuOpenFile;
    private javax.swing.JTextArea txtText;
    // End of variables declaration

}

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