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Thread: Help writing some Scanner code

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    Default Help writing some Scanner code

    Hi.

    I'm writing a program that will do different sort of things to matrices (add, subtract, multiply) from a file. I'd like to ask the user which file they would like read, and then read the file for the matrices.

    How do I create a scanner object that will user input files to do that?


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    Default Re: Help writing some Scanner code

    new Scanner(new File(new Scanner(System.in).nextLine()));

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    Default Re: Help writing some Scanner code

    Ok, I have that, but now I'd like to surround it by a try/catch phrase in case the user puts in a file that isn't recognized or can't be read.

    I know that I have to exit the program and return a negative value at some point, I'm just not sure where. Here's what I have:
    	public static void askForFileName() {
    		System.out.println("Please enter a file name ==> ");
    		try {
    			new Scanner(new File(new Scanner(System.in).nextLine()));
    		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
     
    			e.printStackTrace();
    		}
     
    	}
    Also, if I create a method that will read the file entered by the user here, should I give it a variable in this method and call it in the read method, or what would be the best way to go about that?
    Last edited by helloworld922; February 2nd, 2010 at 04:07 PM.

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    Default Re: Help writing some Scanner code

    You are asking questions which contradict each other. You first asked how to open a file to be read based on user input. The you place it in a method called askForFileName() so all it should do is ask for a file name, not try to open it! You need to re-think how you are coding this, remember java is OOP and if this is an assignment, the previous line of code I gave you will give you next to no marks due to its poor presentation and readibility.

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