import java.io.*; class BufferedReaderDemo { public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException { String s = "This is a © copyright symbol " + "but this is © not.\n"; char buf[] = new char[s.length()]; s.getChars(0, s.length(), buf, 0); CharArrayReader in = new CharArrayReader(buf); BufferedReader f = new BufferedReader(in); int c; boolean marked = false; while ((c = f.read()) != -1) { switch(c) { case '&': if (!marked) { f.mark(32); marked = true; } else { marked = false; } break; case ';': if (marked) { marked = false; System.out.print("(c)"); } else System.out.print((char) c); break; case ' ': if (marked) { marked = false; f.reset(); System.out.print("&"); } else System.out.print((char) c); break; default: if (!marked) System.out.print((char) c); break; } } } }