Difference between BufferedReader and InputStreamReader output for the code below.

**shekhar** · April 18th, 2014, 11:35 AM

I have following code :
char ch;
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.println("input character list : ");
do{
ch = (char)br.read() ;
System.out.println(ch);
}while(ch!='q');
If input is shashiq , output comes as shashiq

When I have code as :
char ch1;
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
System.out.println("input character list 2: ");
do{
ch1 = (char)isr.read() ;
System.out.print(ch1);
}while(ch!='q');

If input is shashiq , output comes as s

Please clarify the difference , and how does loop runs for both codes

**aussiemcgr** · April 18th, 2014, 12:01 PM

Well, for one, you have a spelling error.
In your second one, this:
}while(ch!='q');
should be this:
}while(ch1!='q');

**shekhar** · April 18th, 2014, 12:04 PM

Thanks ....I have been scratching my head for a while.....
well please clarify 1 more point for the above code.....As per my view ,the difference in both the code would be related to performance , as the BufferedReader objects reads the next character from the buffer.

**aussiemcgr** · April 18th, 2014, 12:28 PM

Your answer is provided in the API documentation for InputStreamReader: InputStreamReader (Java Platform SE 7 )

Each invocation of one of an InputStreamReader's read() methods may cause one or more bytes to be read from the underlying byte-input stream. To enable the efficient conversion of bytes to characters, more bytes may be read ahead from the underlying stream than are necessary to satisfy the current read operation.

For top efficiency, consider wrapping an InputStreamReader within a BufferedReader. For example:
BufferedReader in
= new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

And, from the BufferedReader API: BufferedReader (Java Platform SE 7 )

Reads text from a character-input stream, buffering characters so as to provide for the efficient reading of characters, arrays, and lines.

So yes. You basically had the idea.

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