Re: [File]Reading a file
Eric Sosman wrote On 01/09/07 11:30,:
Daniel Moyne wrote On 01/09/07 10:57,:
I am puzzled as the prog does not fin the file ; this is the code :
JFileChooser chooser = new
JFileChooser("/media/USER_data/dmoyne_data/GENEALOGIE_data/GenJ_data/GenJ_data/actes/Menotey/tmp");
int FileSelectorIntValue = chooser.showOpenDialog(null);
if(FileSelectorIntValue == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
String FileNameStringValue=chooser.getSelectedFile().getName();
println("You chose to open this file: "+FileNameStringValue);
BufferedReader entree=new BufferedReader(new
FileReader(FileNameStringValue));
[...]
Use getPath() or getAbsolutePath() instead of getName().
getName() returns only the name of the file, without any of
the directory specifications:
File f = new File("/a/b/c/d/foo.txt");
String s = f.getName(); // yields just "foo.txt"
There's an even better way that I completely overlooked
(I'm having a stupidity attack today): Instead of fooling
around with strings, just use the File object the chooser
gave you:
File chosenFile = chooser.getSelectedFile();
...
BufferedReader ... (new FileReader(chosenFile));
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