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Thread: Reading a files header, hex

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    Default Re: Reading a files header, hex

    is there any chance you can write this here for me, i have been stuck on this for a week now and its frustrating, i am only a beginner at programming and i learn better when i see actual java material

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    Default Re: Reading a files header, hex

    From post #20
    fis.read() // reads a byte from file
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    Default Re: Reading a files header, hex

    cheers, you may think i'm lazy lol but ive been working so hard on this, my coding together comes to about 600/700 lines and its frustrating that this is probably the most important part and its about 3 lines long and i cant do it, thanks for your help anyways

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    Default Re: Reading a files header, hex

    learn better when i see actual java material
    The code in post #20 reads bytes from the file into an int variable and tests if that variable has a -1 value. The statements need to be changed around to be used in a for loop instead of a while loop.
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