Java - Reading a csv file line by line - stuck with weird non-existent characters being read!
- by rockit
hello fellow java developers. I'm having a very strange issue.
I'm trying to read a csv file line by line. Im at the point where Im just testing out the reading of the lines. ONly each time that I read a line, the line contains square characters between each character of text. I even saved the file as a txt file in wordpad and notepad with no change.
Thus I must be doing something stupid...
I have a csv file, standard csv file, yes a text file with commas in it. I try to read a line of text, but the text is all f-ed up and cannot find the phrase within the text.
Any advice? code below.
//open csv
File filReadMe = new File(strRoot + "data2.csv");
BufferedReader brReadMe = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(filReadMe)));
String strLine = brReadMe.readLine();
//for all lines
while (strLine != null){
//if line contains "(see also"
if (strLine.toLowerCase().contains("(see also")){
//write line from "(see also" to ")"
int iBegin = strLine.toLowerCase().indexOf("(see also");
String strTemp = strLine.substring(iBegin);
int iLittleEnd = strTemp.indexOf(")");
System.out.println(strLine.substring(iBegin, iBegin + iLittleEnd));
}
//update line
strLine = brReadMe.readLine();
} //end for
brReadMe.close();
