how to read data from txt file in java code example

Example 1: java read text file

// how to read text file line by line using FileReader class
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
public class JavaReadTextFileUsingFileReader
{
   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
   {
      FileReader fr = new FileReader("B:\demo.txt");
      int a;
      while((a = fr.read()) != -1)
      {
         System.out.print((char) a);
      }
      fr.close();
   }
}

Example 2: reading from a text file in java

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception 
  { 
    // pass the path to the file as a parameter 
    FileReader fr = new FileReader("C:\\Users\\pankaj\\Desktop\\test.txt"); 
  
    int i; 
    while ((i=fr.read()) != -1) 
      System.out.print((char) i); 
  }