How to read file using Scanner in Java

In this post we will see how to read file using Scanner in Java.
Scanner is a part of the java.util package. We will use Scanner.nextLine() to read the file

How to read file using Scanner in Java

package com.kscodes.sampleproject;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class ScannerExample {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		try {

			File fileTobeRead = new File("C:\\kscodes\test.txt");
			Scanner scanner = new Scanner(fileTobeRead);
			while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {
				String line = scanner.nextLine();
				System.out.println(line);
			}

		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

	}

}

package com.kscodes.sampleproject;

import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class ScannerExample {

public static void main(String[] args) {

try {

File fileTobeRead = new File("C:\\kscodes\test.txt");

Scanner scanner = new Scanner(fileTobeRead);

while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {

String line = scanner.nextLine();

System.out.println(line);

}

} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

Reference

Scanner Java 7