java - Read a text file line by line into strings

Question

How do I read the contents of a text file line by line into String without using a BufferedReader?

For example, I have a text file that looks like this inside:

Purlplemonkeys
greenGorilla

I would want to create two strings, then use something like this

File file = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir") + "Textfile.txt");
String str = new String(file.nextLine());
String str2 = new String(file.nextLine());

That way it assigns str the value of "Purlplemonkeys", and str2 the value of "greenGorilla".

Answer 1

You can read text file to list:

List<String> lst = Files.readAllLines(Paths.get("C:\test.txt"));

and then access each line as you want

P.S. Files - java.nio.file.Files