Ooops my bad, there's a typo in '(.toString sb1)' which sould be 'sb'. It doesn't change anything, it still won't work, only Laurent's version works.
user> (defn pt%% [file] (let [afr (FileReader. file) bfr (BufferedReader. afr)] (loop [x (.read bfr) sb (StringBuilder.)] (if (not (= x -1)) (.toString sb) (recur (.append sb (char x)) (.read bfr)))))) #'user/pt%% user> (pt%% ribs) "" Which makes no sense to me... -- 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/310d27b9-1f6e-4017-9465-14ee8c7a4e15n%40googlegroups.com.