Make BufferedReader start from the middle of a .txt file rather than the beginning?

Question

I have a LONG .txt file that contains almost 6000 lines! Sometimes I need to retrieve the info. in line 5000. Is it possible to start reading from line 5000 rather than sta

Answer 1

Whether 6000 lines are long or not depends on the average line length. Even with 100 characters per line, this is not really long.

Nevertheless, you can read from line 5000 if you know where line 5000 starts. Unfortunately, most of the time you'll have to read lines 1 through 4999 to find that out.