The
skip() method of
BufferedReader class in Java is used to skip characters in the stream. The number of characters to be skipped is passed as parameter in this method.
Syntax:
public long skip(long n)
throws IOException
Overrides: This method overrides skip() method of
Reader class.
Parameters: This method accepts one parameter i.e. n which represents the number of characters to be skipped.
Return value: It returns the actual number of characters skipped by this method.
Exceptions:
- IOException -This method throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
- IllegalArgumentException - This method throws IllegalArgumentException if the value of n is negative./li>
Below programs illustrate skip() method in BufferedReader class in IO package:
Program 1: Assume the existence of the file "c:/demo.txt".
Program 2: Assume the existence of the file "c:/demo.txt".
