Search a file for a String and return that String if found

Question

How can you search through a txt file for a String that the user inputs and then return that String to the console. I\'ve written some code that doesn\'t work below, but I h

Answer 1

You can create a seperate Scanner to read the file line by line and do a match that way...

final Scanner scanner = new Scanner(file);
while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {
   final String lineFromFile = scanner.nextLine();
   if(lineFromFile.contains(name)) { 
       // a match!
       System.out.println("I found " +name+ " in file " +file.getName());
       break;
   }
}

With regards to whether you should use a Scanner or a BufferedReader to read the file, read this answer.