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Ankish Sharma
2,114 PointsBuffered reader
Explanation for buffered reader is not enough to understand the concept of reading a file using buffered reader
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Brendon Butler
4,242 PointsI dont think that's the objective of this tutorial. It's just being used as an example of how to read from a file, it's been a while since I've done this course, but they may elaborate on it in later tutorials. Or it may be something you just have to explore on your own.