What value does readLine() return when it has reached the end of a file

The readLine() method returns null when it has reached the end of a file.
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srinivasa reddy

  • Aug 10th, 2005
 

It does not return null value. it return -1when it reaches the end of file

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Trimoorthy

  • May 19th, 2006
 

No, readLine() method on a bufered reader gives null on reaching end of file. It does not give -1.

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jawaharl0207

  • Oct 23rd, 2009
 

It returns null because BufferReader object reading the data as string from the file, at the end if the content is not available it returns null.

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Hanuman Sai

  • Sep 21st, 2015
 

When readLine tries to read beyond the end of a text file it returns the special value null so you can test for null to stop processing a text file

read returns -1 when it tries to read beyond the end of a text file
the int value of all ordinary characters is non-negative

Neither of these two methods (read and readLine) will throw an EOFException.

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