public void skipChars(final int n){
  if (n < 0) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Amount of chars to skip must be non neagitve: " + n);
  }
  if (myPosition + n >= myText.length()) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Skipping beyond end of the text (" + myPosition + " + "+ n+ " >= "+ myText.length()+ ")");
  }
  myPosition+=n;
}

public void skipChars ( final int n ) { if ( n < 0 ) { throw new IllegalArgumentException ( "Amount of chars to skip must be non neagitve: " + n ) ; } if ( myPosition + n >= myText . length ( ) ) { throw new IllegalArgumentException ( "Skipping beyond end of the text (" + myPosition + " + " + n + " >= " + myText . length ( ) + ")" ) ; } myPosition += n ; }
skip specified amount of characters
