Java IO Tutorial - Java LineNumberReader .setLineNumber (int lineNumber)

Syntax

LineNumberReader.setLineNumber(int lineNumber) has the following syntax.

public void setLineNumber(int lineNumber)

Example

In the following code shows how to use LineNumberReader.setLineNumber(int lineNumber) method.

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import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.LineNumberReader;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

    FileReader fr = new FileReader("C:/test.txt");
    LineNumberReader lnr = new LineNumberReader(fr);

    // set current line number
    lnr.setLineNumber(100);
    System.out.println("setLineNumber(100) is invoked");

    // get current line number
    int i = lnr.getLineNumber();
    System.out.print("Current line number: " + i);
    lnr.close();
  }
}