Read every othe chat in the file

Prime b

14y1.6kJava

Prompt the user for and store the file name (usernamesandpasswords.txt) of the attached file. On a new line for each, display back to the user every other character in the file name starting with the first character (u).

What i have done

while (inputFile.hasNext())
        {
            line = inputFile.nextLine();

            for (int index = 0; index < line.length(); index+=2)
            {
                if (line.charAt(index) == character)
                {
                    System.out.println(line.charAt(index));
                }
            }

It doesnt work though

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Vulpes14y ago
Accepted answer
I'm probably missing something but it sounds to me as though all you're supposed to do is to display back the first, third, fifth etc characters of the file name (not the file contents) whatever they are and not just if they're equal to 'character'.

That would be as simple as:

for (int index = 0; index < fileName.length(); index+=2)
{
System.out.println(fileName.charAt(index));
}
Vulpes14y ago
As it's obvious from your code that you would have known how to print alternate characters of a string to the console, you might still get some credit even if you have misunderstood the question.
Prime b14y ago
Ty vulpes, but class lab is over and I already submitted my work.