Java.io.LineNumberReader.setLineNumber() Method

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Description

The java.io.LineNumberReader.setLineNumber(int lineNumber) method sets the current line number.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.io.LineNumberReader.setLineNumber(int lineNumber) method −

public void setLineNumber(int lineNumber)

Parameters

lineNumber − an int specifying the current line number to be set.

Return Value

The method does not return any value.

Exception

NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.io.LineNumberReader.setLineNumber(int lineNumber) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.LineNumberReader;

public class LineNumberReaderDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
      FileReader fr = null;
      LineNumberReader lnr = null;
      int i;
      
      try {
         // create new reader
         fr = new FileReader("C:/test.txt");
         lnr = new LineNumberReader(fr);
         
         // set current line number
         lnr.setLineNumber(100);
         System.out.println("setLineNumber(100) is invoked");
         
         // get current line number
         i = lnr.getLineNumber();
         System.out.print("Current line number: "+i);
         
      } catch(Exception e) {
         // if any error occurs
         e.printStackTrace();
      } finally {
         // closes the stream and releases system resources
         if(fr!=null)
            fr.close();
         if(lnr!=null)
            lnr.close();
      }
   }
}

Assuming we have a text file c:/test.txt, which has the following content. This file will be used as an input for our example program −

ABCDE

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

setLineNumber(100) is invoked
Current line number: 100