RandomAccessFile? [resolved]

Anyone know how i can open a file for RandomAccess and increment the file pointer from character to character? I open the file in "r" read mode but im not sure if this is the right way to position the file pointer.

It makes sense since each character should be two bytes even though they are encoded in UTF-8 since they fall within the ASCII range. But all i keep getting is ? marks :confused:

Code:

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  import java.io.*;
 
  public class X{
  public static void main(String[] args){
  try {
  File f = new File("C:\\Java\\Brandon.txt");
  int counter = 0; 
  RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(f, "r");
 
  while(true){
    System.out.println(raf.readChar());
    raf.seek(counter += 2);
  }
     
 }catch(IOException e){}
  }
 }

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Here's another example. I have a file
that just contains my name "Brandon".
Im simply trapping a key from the console
and comparing it with the first character
within the file. "B". But when i press B the
it dosent match the first character in the file.
I get System.out.println(B + " Was pressed" +
" but it does not match " + ?);

Code:

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import java.io.*;
 
 public class X{
  public static void main(String[] args){
 try {
  File f = new File("C:\\Java\\Brandon.txt");
  int counter = 0; 
  RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(f, "r");
 
 
  int i = System.in.read();
  char c = raf.readChar();
  char pressed = (char) i;
  raf.seek(counter += 2); 
   
  System.out.println(pressed + " Was pressed" + " but it does not match " + c);
 
  }catch(IOException e){}
  }
 }

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Anybody? :p Here's my latest attempt at this problem....
The file contains 7 letters and i get 7 question marks. :confused:

Code:

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import java.io.*;
 
 public class X{

  public static void main(String[] args){
 try {
  File f = new File("C:\\Java\\Brandon.txt");
  int i = 0; 
  RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(f, "r");
 
 
  long charcount = getFileCharCount(f);

  while(i < charcount){
  System.out.print(raf.readChar());
  raf.seek(i);
    i++;
  }
 
 
  }catch(IOException e){}
 }

public static int getFileCharCount(File file) {

    String lineOnebyOne = null;
    String finalText = null;
    int numberOfChar = 0;
  try{
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
    while ((lineOnebyOne = br.readLine ())!= null){
      finalText += lineOnebyOne;
      numberOfChar = finalText.length();
    }
      br.close();
    }catch(IOException e){System.err.println(e + "getFileCharCount");}
   
      return numberOfChar;
  }
 }

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Using char filechar = (char) r.readByte(); works.
Using char filechar = r.readChar(); dosen't.
Go figure. :rolleyes: