Thread: An array problem...

I will make a program that read floats from a textfile.
The floats in the file will be ordered like this on the same row seperated by semicolons: 23.5;355.5;21.3;76.2...

I have been reading forums and other places online up and down about arrays and how to "split" out the semicolons so that it just read the floats, but i just dont get this right...

1. open the textfile <- this part i get right but when reading the textfile, it presents everything as string...
2. read and calculate biggest and smallest float-number.
3. present biggest and smallest float-number to the user.

I feel lost and angry...

Originally Posted by Norm

If the data is read from the file as a String with values separated by a character like a ;
use the String class's split method to create an array of Strings containing the values between the ;s
Use the Arrays class's toString method for debugging to see what is in the array:

System.out.println("an ID "+ java.util.Arrays.toString(theArrayName));

Once the data is isolated, use the Double class's parseDouble method to convert the String in each slot of the array to double.

Be sure to wrap all posted code in code tags.

Well, i get to the point when i have the terminal presenting each number without the semicolon and that is what i want... But from this point, how do i convert the String from the file to floats correctly?
Here is what i got, but when i do a parseFloat all hell breaks loose in the terminal even though there is no syntax error when compiling...

//
public class FileRead
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
{
File file = new File("Numbers.txt");
Scanner inputFile = new Scanner(file);
float highestNumber;
float lowestNumber;
float allaNummer;
String floatNumber;



while (inputFile.hasNext()){
floatNumber = inputFile.nextLine();


String[] numberSplit = floatNumber.split(";");


for(int i = 0;i <numberSplit.length; i++)


System.out.println(numberSplit[i]);

}

inputFile.close();
//

Yes, i did the correct way to do a parseFloat, but i just dont know where in the code to do the "conversion" from String to float the right way...

public class FileRead
{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
    {
        File file = new File("Numbers.txt");  
        Scanner inputFile = new Scanner(file);
        float highestNumber;
        float lowestNumber;
        float allaNummer;
        String floatNumber;
 
 
 
        while (inputFile.hasNext()){
            floatNumber = inputFile.nextLine();
            String[] numberSplit = floatNumber.split(";");
 
            for(int i = 0;i <numberSplit.length; i++)
            System.out.println(numberSplit[i]);
 
 
        }
 
 
        inputFile.close();

Yes, now it only prints the numbers as i want them to be presented, but i have not come up with the correct way to convert it to floats...

Now it reads a file and

Splits out the ";" and presents only the numbers as i want them to be presented like this:
44,5
77,5
43,1

But i wonder, this is where i get lost, as i want to convert that to floats. Where should i do the parseFloat and with what variable ...the inputFile? I've tried this amongst others: "allaNummer = Float.parseFloat(inputFile);"

public class FileRead
{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
    {
        File file = new File("Numbers.txt");  
        Scanner inputFile = new Scanner(file);
        float highestNumber;
        float lowestNumber;
        float allaNummer;
        String floatNumber;
 
 
 
        while (inputFile.hasNext()){
            floatNumber = inputFile.nextLine();
            String[] numberSplit = floatNumber.split(";");
            //allaNummer = Float.parseFloat(floatNumber); < - no syntax error, but not working excecuting
            for(int i = 0;i <numberSplit.length; i++)
            System.out.println(numberSplit[i]);
 
 
        }
 
 
        inputFile.close();

As you might tell, im really new at this and it makes me think that there must be an easier way to do it rather than the way im doing it....
All i want it to do is to read the file, convert to float and present highest and lowest value...