CharArrayReader skip(long) in Java

skip(long): This method is available in the java.io.CharArrayReader class of Java.

Syntax:

long java.io.CharArrayReader.skip(long n) throws IOException

This method takes one argument. This method skips characters. Returns the number of characters that were skipped.

Parameters: One parameter is required for this method.

n: The number of characters to skip.

Returns: The number of characters actually skipped.

Throws:

IOException - If the stream is closed, or an I/O error occurs

Approach

Java

import java.io.CharArrayReader;
import java.io.IOException;

public class CharArrayReaderskip {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        char buf[] = { 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd' };
        CharArrayReader charArrayReader =
                      new CharArrayReader(buf);

        long n = 10;

        System.out.println(charArrayReader.skip(n));
        charArrayReader.close();

    }
}

Output:

4