Reading file with BufferedReader

Question

Hi i have a problem iam trying to make a linked lists, where i read a file and
each word in that file is putt into the list.
but the problem is when i use a while loop and the eadLine() method.
like this
<method >
String word;
try .....
while((word = file.readLine() ) ! =null){
word = file.readLine();
The problem is that readLine() only reads the first word in the file and doesnt make the rest of the list
any suggestions??
here is the rest of the code:
import java.io.*;
class Lister
public static void main(String []args) throws Exception {
          Listene l = new Listene();
          l.initiate(args);
class Listene {
private BufferedReader file;
Listerr list = new Listerr();
public void initiate(String args[]) throws IOException
     String filename =args[0];
     String word;
     try
          file = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filename));
          while( ( word = file.readLine( ) ) != null ){
          word = file.readLine();
          //System.out.println(word);          
          list.insert(ord);
          shutdown();
     catch (FileNotFoundException e)
          System.out.println("Minila-filen kan ikke �pnes: " + filename);
public void shutdown()
     if (file != null)
          try
               file.close();
          catch (Exception e)
               System.out.println("F�r ikke lukket Minila-filen") ;
class Listerr{
Node liste =null;
Node next;
void insert(Object element){
     if(liste==null){
     liste=new Node(element);
     System.out.println("setter inn element: "+element);
     else{
     Node n = liste;
     while(n.neste!=null){
          n=n.neste;
     n.neste=new Node(element);
     System.out.println("setter inn element: "+n.element);
class Node{
     Object element;
     Node neste;
     public Node(Object element2){
     element=element2;
     neste=null;
}

Answer 1

Hi, I assume you are trying to read WORDs seperated by newline. i.e., each WORD occuring in a newline in the input-file. If that is the case, the code you have written should work perfectly. One reason why it may fail is when the newline character inserted by the input-file editor is not the one as listed by System.getProperty("line.separator");
One small change to your code to avoid redundant calls to BufferFileReader::readline() can be done as follows...
String word = null;
try
while( (word = file.readLine()) != null )
list.inert(word);
catch (IOException  ex)
//System.out.println("Could not read file: " + filename + ex.getMessage());
}