Java.io.CharArrayReader.skip() Method

Description

The java.io.CharArrayReader.skip(long n) method skips characters.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.io.CharArrayReader.skip(long n) method:

public long skip(long n)

Parameters

• n - The number of characters to be skipped.

Return Value

The number of characters actually skipped.

Exception

• IOException -- If any I/O error occurs or the stream is closed.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.io.CharArrayReader.skip(long n) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.CharArrayReader;
import java.io.IOException;

public class CharArrayReadDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      
      CharArrayReader car = null;
      char[] ch = {'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E'};
      try{
         
         // create new character array reader
         car = new CharArrayReader(ch);
         
         int value = 0;
         
         // read till the end of the stream
         while((value=car.read())!=-1)
         {
            // convert integer to char
            char c = (char)value;
            
            // print characters
            System.out.print(c + "; ");
            
            // skip single character
            long l = car.skip(1);
            System.out.println("Characters Skipped : "+l);
         }
      }catch(IOException e){
         
         // if I/O error occurs
         e.printStackTrace();
      }finally{
         
         // releases any system resources associated with the stream
         if(car!=null)
            car.close();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

A; Characters Skipped : 1
C; Characters Skipped : 1
E; Characters Skipped : 0