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Thread: Character string extraction from a text file

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    Default Character string extraction from a text file

    Hi,

    Please I am a beginner in java, I want to extract information from a text file. is the following:
    ============================================
    From: 55555565
    From_SMSC: 78987555
    Sent: 00-02-21 22:26:23
    Received: 00-02-21 22:26:29
    Subject: modem1
    Alphabet: ISO
    UDH: false

    pr2
    ============================================

    I want to extract the first line which is exactly the number " 55555565 " and the last line is "pr2".

    for now I just use the code that allows me to extract only the last line"pr2".

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new File(/home/Desktop/ivw.txt));
    String line = null;
    while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {
    line = scanner.nextLine();
    }
     
    readSMS=line;
    scanner.close();
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    I want to retrieve information both the first line and the last line so that I can put each in a variable.

    thank you for your help


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    Default Re: Character string extraction from a text file

    Change the code to read and save the first line before it reads all the rest of the lines.
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    Default Re: Character string extraction from a text file

    hi,

    the problem is that I do not know how to specify the first line.

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    how to specify the first line
    The first line will be the line that is read first.
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