Reading external file into Java application.?

Question

I'm trying to read an external file into my application and below is what I roughly wrote. I checked around and it looks alright to me but the system just couldn't find the file I have allocated.

inputFileName1 is the variable that will hold the file name when the user is asked to input them.

I have a file called hello.txt (used for testing) under C:\ but apparently the system kept on saying IOException error that the file isn't there when it is down there!

File file = new File("C:\\"+inputFileName1);

Scanner fromFile1 = new Scanner(file);

String var1 = fromFile1.next();

System.out.println("This is from the file: "+var1);

Anyone can help to solve this problem? Thanks! :S

Answer 1

Your code worked for me. I created a hello.txt file and it output the text in the file properly. You are throwing the exception right?

here's my code that worked:

   import java.util.*;

   import java.io.*;

    public class fileInput {

       public static void main(String[] arg) throws FileNotFoundException

      

       {

      

      String inputFileName1="hello.txt";

      

         File file = new File("C:\\"+inputFileName1);

         Scanner fromFile1 = new Scanner(file);

         String var1 = fromFile1.next();

         System.out.println("This is from the file: "+var1);

      

      

      

      }

   }