FileReader.FileReader

klyn.io.FileReader.FileReader

constructor

public FileReader(notnull filename as String, encoding as String = "utf-8")

Description

Creates a reader on the given file name.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`filename`	File to read from.
`encoding`	Charset name; auto detects a Unicode BOM, otherwise UTF-8.

Throws

FileNotFoundException if the file does not exist.
IOException if the path is not a regular file.
NullException if filename is null at runtime; statically null arguments are rejected with TypeError.

Example

try reader = FileReader("notes.txt", encoding="utf-8"):
    print(reader.read())