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Re: Reading a text file

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On Feb 11, 9:26 pm, bruce <bruc...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I am reading a file with
>
>     BufferedReader reader = null;
>     StringBuffer contents = new StringBuffer();
>     while ((text = reader.readLine()) != null) {
>                 contents.append(text)
>                     .append(System.getProperty(
>                         "line.separator"));
>                 }
>
> This code reads the file fine.  My problem is that when I put the data
> into a text, it is displayed with a space character before ever
> character. (bruce => b r u c e)
>
> What am I doing wrong??
>
> Thanks...
>
> Bruce

I have just learned something. I don't know what it is but it appears
that not all files give this space problem. I have loaded several
other .txt files with no problem. So, I have some more testing to do
before I can define the problem.

Thanks..

Bruce

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