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Java.io.FilterReader.skip() Method
Description
The java.io.FilterReader.skip(long n) method skips n number of characters.
Declaration
Following is the declaration for java.io.FilterReader.skip(long n) method −
public long skip(long n)
Parameters
n − Skips n number of characters from the stream.
Return Value
The method returns number of characters actually skipped.
Exception
IOException − If an I/O error occurs.
Example
The following example shows the usage of java.io.FilterReader.skip(long n) method.
package com.tutorialspoint; import java.io.FilterReader; import java.io.Reader; import java.io.StringReader; public class FilterReaderDemo { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { FilterReader fr = null; Reader r = null; int i = 0; long l = 0l; char c; try { // create new reader r = new StringReader("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"); // create new filter reader fr = new FilterReader(r) { }; // read till the end of the filter reader while((i = fr.read())!=-1) { // convert integer to character c = (char)i; // prints System.out.println("Character read: "+c); // number of characters actually skipped l = fr.skip(2); // prints System.out.println("Character skipped: "+l); } } catch(Exception e) { // if any I/O error occurs e.printStackTrace(); } finally { // releases system resources associated with this stream if(r!=null) r.close(); if(fr!=null) fr.close(); } } }
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −
Character read: A Character skipped: 2 Character read: D Character skipped: 2 Character read: G Character skipped: 2 Character read: J Character skipped: 2 Character read: M Character skipped: 2 Character read: P Character skipped: 2 Character read: S Character skipped: 2 Character read: V Character skipped: 2 Character read: Y Character skipped: 1
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