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Java StreamTokenizer wordChars() Method with Example

StreamTokenizer Class wordChars() method: Here, we are going to learn about the wordChars() method of StreamTokenizer Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on April 23, 2020

StreamTokenizer Class wordChars() method

• wordChars() method is available in java.io package.
• wordChars() method is used to denotes that all the characters lies in the given range(st[start], en[end]) are word constituents. Word is made up of word constituents followed by 0 or any number of word constituents or number constituents.
• wordChars() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• wordChars() method does not throw an exception at the time of representing word constituents.

Syntax:

    public void wordChars(int st, int en);

Parameter(s):

• int st – represents the starting endpoint of the given range.
• int en – represents the ending endpoint of the given range.

Return value:

The return type of the method is void, it returns nothing.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of void wordChars(int st, int en) method
// of StreamTokenizer

import java.io.*;

public class WordChars {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String str = "Hi, This is \n a mathematical expression :\n " +
            " 2 * 4 = 8 " + "8 + 5 = 13";

        try {
            // Instantiates FileOutputStream  and ObjectOutputStream 
            FileOutputStream fos_stm = new FileOutputStream("D:\\includehelp.txt");
            ObjectOutputStream obj_out_stm = new ObjectOutputStream(fos_stm);

            // By using writeUTF() method is to
            // write the given string in the file
            obj_out_stm.writeUTF(str);
            obj_out_stm.flush();

            // Instantiates FileOutputStream  and ObjectOutputStream 
            ObjectInputStream obj_in_stm = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("D:\\includehelp.txt"));

            // Instantiates StreamTokenizer and Reader
            Reader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(obj_in_stm));
            StreamTokenizer st = new StreamTokenizer(reader);

            // By using wordChars() method is to
            // represent all the chars lies in between 
            // (i,m) are word constituents
            st.wordChars('i', 'm');

            // Here, we are considering initially 
            // file is not empty
            boolean end_of_file = false;
            while (!end_of_file) {
                // By using nextToken() method is to
                // parse the next token from the stream
                int token = st.nextToken();

                switch (token) {
                    case StreamTokenizer.TT_EOF:
                        System.out.println("End of File Found");
                        end_of_file = true;
                        break;

                    case StreamTokenizer.TT_EOL:
                        System.out.println("End of Line Found");
                        break;

                    case StreamTokenizer.TT_WORD:
                        System.out.println("word: " + st.sval);
                        break;

                    case StreamTokenizer.TT_NUMBER:
                        System.out.println("number: " + st.nval);
                        break;

                    default:
                        System.out.println((char) token + " Found.");
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Output

@ Found.
word: Hi
, Found.
word: This
word: is
word: a
word: mathematical
word: expression
: Found.
number: 2.0
* Found.
number: 4.0
= Found.
number: 8.0
number: 8.0
+ Found.
number: 5.0
= Found.
number: 13.0
End of File Found