Question

This should be really really simple, but for whatever reason…

String line;
String question = "";
Question qObj = new Question();
line = br.readLine(); //points to where i am in the file!
if (line == null){
    System.out.println("There was no question here. ");
    System.exit(1);
} else if (line.isEmpty() || line.trim().equals("") || line.trim().equals("\n")) {
     // do nothing, i don't want empty lines
} else {
    question = line;
}

while ((line = br.readLine())!= null){
    if (line.indexOf(LoadFromDb.ANSWER_BEGIN) == 0){
        dealWithAnswer(br, qObj);
        qObj.setQuestion(question);
        break;
    } else {
    if (!line.isEmpty()){
       question += "\n" + line.trim();
    }
}

If the first line the code above reads is just a blank line, then it adds the blank line to the line object, it doesn’t skip it. Any ideas why?

Answer 1

Regarding my response*, this is the kind of solution I was envisioning:

} else if (line.isEmpty() || line.trim().equals("") || line.trim().equals("\n")) {
    do {
        line = br.readLine();
    }
    while(line.isEmpty() || line.trim().equals("") || line.trim().equals("\n"));
    question = line;
} else {
    question = line;
}

Although I’m sure there’s a more elegant way.

*Setting question to line doesn't appear to change what line is read later (if you're wanting the line to advance before it hits the while loop