Java IO Tutorial - Java PushbackReader.skip(long n)

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Syntax

PushbackReader.skip(long n) has the following syntax.

public long skip(long n)  throws IOException

Example

In the following code shows how to use PushbackReader.skip(long n) method.

/*from   w w w  . j a va  2s .c  om*/
import java.io.*;

public class Main {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      String s = "from java2s.com";

      StringReader sr = new StringReader(s);

      // create a new PushBack reader based on our string reader
      PushbackReader pr = new PushbackReader(sr, 20);

      try {
         // read the first five chars
         for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
            char c = (char) pr.read();
            System.out.println(c);

            // skip a character every time
            pr.skip(1);
         }

         pr.close();

      } catch (IOException ex) {
         ex.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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