Thread: reading a certain amount of lines from a file?

Hey guys my names scott and this is my first post. I just recently started using java and am still very basic.

I want to read a certain amount of lines of text from a file. I'm not sure which loop to use can anyone give me a hand ?

Thanks Scott

What have you tried?

Tried a while loop. But i only know how to scan next line untill there is no more. Im not sure how to read a certain amount of lines. This is what i need a bit of help with.

If I want to do something let's say 10 times, there are a few different ways:

for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++){
   //do something
}

int i = 0;
while(i < 10){
   //do something
   i++;
}

Experiment with them.

Control Flow Statements (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Language Basics)

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