Java: Is reading String by String possible?

[alphaoide]

I couldn't find anything out there, except reading char by char or char array with specified length. I need to read Strings from a text file like this:

string firstName, lastName;
infile >> firstName >> lastName;

I thought I could use *Scanner* but that's only available in java 1.5.

thnx in advance

[Thantos]

http://www.javapractices.com/Topic42.cjp

[alphaoide]

many thanks,
was gonna bump up your reputation but not allowed by the system

[Perspective]

that link is a good start but it reads line by line. if you want to separate strings (by spaces or any other char) you may want to consider a StringTokenizer.

import java.io.*;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

public class Foo {
    
    public static void main(String [] args) {
	if(args.length != 1) {
	    System.err.println("usage: java Foo file");
	    System.exit(1);
	}

	try {

	    BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(args[0]));
	    String line;
	    
	    while( (line = in.readLine()) != null ) {
		StringTokenizer toker = new StringTokenizer(line); // uses white space delimeter by default
		while( toker.hasMoreTokens() )
		    System.out.println(toker.nextToken());
	    }
	} 
	catch(IOException e) {
	    e.printStackTrace();
	}
    }
}

[alphaoide]

you're right. I started copying the code then I realized it reads *line by line*
well I guess I have to use your method, that sucks..just kidding

[Thantos]

Opps I thought you wanted line by line for some reason