get a single field from a text file

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i have a text file with 5 columns
i want to extract all the entry of first column how can that be possible thought of using split/string tokenizer

Posted 10-Jan-13 8:43am

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CPallini · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-10T09:49:00

It depends on the format of your file.
Reading the file line by line:

If the fields are delimited then you may use the split method of the string class.
On the other hand, if you have fixed width fields then you may use the substring method.

Posted 10-Jan-13 9:49am

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strbry 12-Jan-13 2:17am

its a text file and m new to java can u help mi wid the code for reading file line by line and using split to get the first field values