Reading text from a text file(what else!!!!!)

Question

okay to save time here i've managed to read the text from the text file and display in the console
my question is - is there a way to read the text a character at a time, at present i read it as a string, the reason i need a character is that i have to check each character to check for brackets ({[ and [})
public void loadFile() {
          JFileChooser fLoad = new JFileChooser();
fLoad.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_ONLY);
int result = fLoad.showOpenDialog(this);
File file = fLoad.getSelectedFile();
if(file == null) return;//if no file selected return
          String text = new String();
try //exception handler
BufferedReader input;
     input = new BufferedReader(
     new InputStreamReader(
     new FileInputStream(file)));
while((text = input.readLine()) != null)                                                   //print it out, line by line
               char array[] = text.toCharArray();
               checkFile(array);
               System.out.println(text);//test case
input.close();//close file
as listed i have attempted to fill a char array with the characters from the string but when i try to access the array with
public void checkFile(char array[]) {
     for(int i=0; i<array.length;i++) {
     if(array.equals("(")) System.out.println("(");//doesn't work
               System.out.println(array[i]);//works
the if loop gives me an error
C:\Documents and Settings\korbitz\Desktop\bracket\Bracket.java:168: char cannot be dereferenced
any help will be appreciated

Answer 1

if(array.equals("(")) System.out.println("(");//doesn't workinstead try
if(array.equals("(")) System.out.println("(");
You could also try the String methods myString.indexOf() (but you'd have to do one for each char you're looking for)
A better alternative might be using a StringTokenizer
StringTokenizer stk = new StringTokenizer(myString, "({[]})");
if(stk.countTokens()!=1)
// then you must have a bracket/brace dividing your string
}Good luck,
Radish21