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Asked: 2026-06-18T09:26:30+00:00

Using the same project and text file as here: Java.NullPointerException null (again) the program

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Using the same project and text file as here: Java.NullPointerException null (again) the program is outputting the data but with . To put you in the picture:

This program is a telephone directory, ignoring the first "code" block, look at the second "code" block on that link, that is the text file with the entries. The program outputs them as it should but it is giving  at the beginning of the entries read from the text file ONLY.

Any help as to how to remove it? I am using Buffered Reader with File Reader in it.

  • Encoding of Text File: UTF-8
  • Using Java 7
  • Windows 7
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  1. Editorial Team

    Does the read in textfile uses UTF-8 with BOM? It looks like BOM signs: “”
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark

    Are you runnig Windows? Notepad++ sould be able to convert. If using linux or the VI(M) you can use “:set nobomb”

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