My codes are asking user to input company name and then search that company name in text file by using indexOf
Got error message "
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.lang.String.indexOf(String.java:1564)
at java.lang.String.indexOf(String.java:1546)
at javaapplication4.Main.main(Main.java:56)
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
String s = null;
System.out.println("Enter the name of company or date of order");
try {
while ((s=br.readLine())!= null){
File file = new File("C:\\month.txt");
FileInputStream fis = null;
BufferedInputStream bis = null;
BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;
String record;
int recCount=0;
int p=0;
s=br.readLine();
s= s.trim();
try {
fis = new FileInputStream(file);
// Here BufferedInputStream is added for fast reading.
bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis);
bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(bis));
while((record=bufferedReader.readLine()) != null){
//p=record.indexOf("Company A");
p=record.indexOf(s);
if (p != -1){
recCount++;
//System.out.println(p);
System.out.println(record);
}
}
Can anybody tell why its problem using indexOf (s) where this s=br.readLine(); which is input entered by user?