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Thread: How to read a String .dat file into an array

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    Default How to read a String .dat file into an array

    Hello,

    I am tasked with coding a program that allows the user to guess a randomized word from an array with 10 slots. The pre-chosen words are stored in a wordguess.DAT file and must be imported into a string array. I have looked on other Java forums and most of the examples use methods that I have not learned yet, so it is hard for me to understand what is really going on. Can anyone help?

    	public static void init()
    	{
    		//sets up the console scanner
    		Scanner myScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
    		myScanner.useDelimiter(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
     
    		//sets up the in-file along with the in-file scanner
    		//inFile = new File("wordguess.dat");
    		//datScanner = new Scanner(inFile);
    		//datScanner.useDelimiter(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
     
    		//read input into an array with a try-catch
    		try
    		{
    			wordArray = new ArrayList<String>();
    			Scanner datScanner = new Scanner(new File("wordguess"));
    			while(datScanner.hasNextLine());
    			{
    				wordArray.add(datScanner.nextLine());
    			}
    		}
     
    		catch(IOException e)
    		{
    			System.out.println("File not found.");
    		}
     
    	}


    --- Update ---

    My teacher doesn't want us to use ArrayList since we have not talked about it yet in class. He wants the array to be basic.


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    Default Re: How to read a String .dat file into an array

    What part are you having prblems with?
    Defining an array
    reading a word from the file
    assigning that word to a slot in the array
    making a loop what will enclose the reading and assigning steps

    What statements in the posted code can be used in your assignment?
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    Default Re: How to read a String .dat file into an array

    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    What part are you having prblems with?
    Defining an array
    reading a word from the file
    assigning that word to a slot in the array
    making a loop what will enclose the reading and assigning steps

    What statements in the posted code can be used in your assignment?
    I can define the array and I can read a word from the file, but I don't know how to assign said word to a slot in the array or making the loop that will enclose the reading and assigning steps. Well, apparently, I can't use anything from the code I pasted... as what my teacher says.

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    Default Re: How to read a String .dat file into an array

    Oh, okay! I see now. Major brain fart there.

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