Java: Is reading String by String possible?

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:

Code:

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

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

thnx in advance

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

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

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.

Code:

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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();
        }
    }
}

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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

Opps I thought you wanted line by line for some reason ;)