import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.text.*;

public class ReadFromFile {

String cont="yes";
String accRead[];
int counter=0;
int count=0;
String fc = "";

//returns a String that holds the content of the data saved to the file
public String readFromFile(String fileName){

   try{ //need this - equivalent to throws IOException
        BufferedReader fh = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileName));//opens the file
        String s;//this will be equal to a line in the text file



      while ((s=fh.readLine())!=null){ //loops keeps going until there are no more lines to read


          fc += s

        }//end of while

fh.close(); //close the file



} catch (Exception e){ //if there was an error in accessing the file this would catch it.
System.out.println("There was an error");
}
return fc;
}//end of readFromFile Method

}//end of class