Thank for the answers. Trying to recur with '(recur (.read bfr))' resulted in a: Syntax error (UnsupportedOperationException) compiling recur at (*cider-repl ~:localhost:41097(clj)*:237:9). Can only recur from tail position So I changed the code (see below).
And now it complains that a previous form that was working '(.append etc..') doesn't and the same error remains. user> (pt5 myfile) Execution error (IllegalArgumentException) at java.lang.Character/toChars (Character.java:8572). Not a valid Unicode code point: 0xFFFFFFFF (defn pt5 [file] (let [afr (FileReader. file); instances of FileReader, BufferedReader, StringBuffer bfr (BufferedReader. afr) ct (StringBuilder.) this-list (list afr bfr ct)] ; (apply println this-list) (loop [val (.read bfr)] (when (not (= val -1)) (.append ct (Character/toChars (.read bfr)))) (recur val)) ; when finished... (.toString ct))) Harder then it seemed at first sight... -- Hank -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clojure/17bab821-c47d-4791-b3ad-c56df51757a1n%40googlegroups.com.