I am trying to compare two text files that are randomized and print out the lines that match in both of the files. File 1:
Student1
Student2
Student3
Student4
File 2:
Student6
Student1
Student2
I want the output as
Student1
Student2
My code is below.
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
String first = "file1.txt";
String second = "file2.txt";
BufferedReader fBr = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(first));
BufferedReader sBr = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(second));
PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter("test.txt", "UTF-8");
while ((first = fBr.readLine()) != null) {
String partOne1 = fBr.readLine();
String partTwo1 = sBr.readLine();
while ((second = sBr.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(first);
writer.println(first);
break;
}
}
writer.close();
fBr.close();
sBr.close();
It's quite simple=) Try to store all results from first file and compare with all lines from second. It will be like this:
package com.company;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
String first = "file1.txt";
String second = "file2.txt";
BufferedReader fBr = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(first));
BufferedReader sBr = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(second));
ArrayList<String> strings = new ArrayList<String>();
while ((first = fBr.readLine()) != null) {
strings.add(first);
}
fBr.close();
while ((second = sBr.readLine()) != null) {
if (strings.contains(second)) {
System.out.println(second);
}
}
sBr.close();
}
}
It's better to use memory when possible, your 'while' inside different while can work too long time and obfuskate logic.