searching file in java

[readme.txt]

I have a word list about 2Mb large. I am writing a program which requires me to search the word list to see if it contains a certain word. If the word is found in the word list the function will return true, otherwise false. For example:

If wordlist.txt contained:

• ...
  foo
  bar
  blah
  blarg
  ...

..and I did a search on "foo" my program would return true, however if i did a search on "foo2" it would return false.

Thanks.

[Cybersorcerer]

eehhm and where is the beef ?

[jonnevers]

I have a word list about 2Mb large. I am writing a program which requires me to search the word list to see if it contains a certain word. If the word is found in the word list the function will return true, otherwise false. For example:

If wordlist.txt contained:

• ...
  foo
  bar
  blah
  blarg
  ...

..and I did a search on "foo" my program would return true, however if i did a search on "foo2" it would return false.

Thanks.

open the file
read it line by line
if line (list item) matches
close file
return true
repeat until EOF then return false

please refer to Java's online documentation for such simple questions.