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Class | BufferedReader
Name | ### readLine()
Examples |
    BufferedReader reader;
    String line;

    void setup() {
      // Open the file from the createWriter() example
      reader = createReader("positions.txt");
    }

    void draw() {
      try {
        line = reader.readLine();
      } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        line = null;
      }
      if (line == null) {
        // Stop reading because of an error or file is empty
        noLoop();
      } else {
        String[] pieces = split(line, TAB);
        int x = int(pieces[0]);
        int y = int(pieces[1]);
        point(x, y);
      }
    }
Description | Returns a String that is the current line in the BufferedReader.
Syntax |
    br.readLine()
Parameters |
br | any object of the type BufferedReader

Updated on May 19, 2014 05:30:05pm PDT