StreamTokenizer: ttype
/* * Output: * */ import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.StreamTokenizer; public class MainClass { public static void main(String args[]) { try { // Create a file reader FileReader fr = new FileReader(args[0]); // Create a buffered reader BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr); // Create a stream tokenizer StreamTokenizer st = new StreamTokenizer(br); // Process tokens while (st.nextToken() != StreamTokenizer.TT_EOF) { switch (st.ttype) { case StreamTokenizer.TT_WORD: System.out.println(st.lineno() + ") " + st.sval); break; case StreamTokenizer.TT_NUMBER: System.out.println(st.lineno() + ") " + st.nval); break; default: System.out.println(st.lineno() + ") " + (char) st.ttype); } } // Close file reader fr.close(); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Exception: " + e); } } }