How Can I Reset The File Pointer to the Beginning of the File in Java?

Question

I am writing a program in Java that requires me to compare the data in 2 files. I have to check each line from file 1 against each line of file 2 and if I find a match write the

Answer 1

As others have suggested, you should consider other approaches to the problem. For the specific question of returning to a previous point in a file, java.io.FileReader inherits mark() and reset() methods that address this goal.