Example usage for java.io FilterInputStream skip

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for java.io FilterInputStream skip.

Prototype

public long skip(long n) throws IOException 

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Skips over and discards n bytes of data from the input stream.

Usage

From source file:Main.java

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

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    // create input streams
    InputStream is = new FileInputStream("C://test.txt");
    FilterInputStream fis = new BufferedInputStream(is);

    while ((i = fis.read()) != -1) {
        // converts integer to character
        char c = (char) i;

        // skips 3 bytes
        fis.skip(3);

        System.out.println("Character read: " + c);
    }

}

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