LCD and SD

okay, want read file on sd card , print text (or @ least first 16 characters of text) lcd screen.
currently when run it displays series of numbers tends annoying. want print exact text file.
below code (two attempts @ it) if knows i'm suppose greatly.
thanks

code: [select]

  if (file) {
    while(file.available()){
      lcd.print(file.read());
    }
    file.close();
  }

code: [select]

  if (file) {
    int y;
    int temp;
    char string[16];
    for(y = 0; y < 17; y++ ){
      string[y] = file.read();
      lcd.print(string[y]);
    }
    file.close();
  }

can post of code?
which file, text & where!

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