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    Default Trouble reading a Text File

    Hello All.

    I am having trouble reading data from a text file. I want to read a bit of text, store it (to manipulate later), then do this with each block of text.

    Once all the data has been read, (each block seperately), I would like to manipulate the data from each block that has been read. I don't know how to do this and I have spent quite a few days trying to work it out.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks for your help, any questions please ask.

    PS: I am new to this, so be nice.


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    Default Re: Trouble reading a Text File

    Can you post the code you are using to read the file and explain what the problems are?
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    Default Re: Trouble reading a Text File

    My code isn't right. I am not doing it right. I do not know what I am doing. I know how to read lets say 4 different numbers from a text file (5 6 30 500), but what I don't know how to do it read Blocks from a text File. Like the example I gave above.

    I need to read the text from each block, and do calculations.
    I want the program to know there is 2 lines, because the number at the top is how many lines below there is. Then I will be doing simple calculations, 36 * 7 + (how ever many lines there are in that certain block), so for Block 3, 36 * 7 + 36 * 7. I want to save this information, then compare it to another number that will be manually input by a user.

    I know how to read the file, I know how to do the calculation, I know how to give the user the option to input the number, and I know how to print it all out.

    I have this, but I don't know if it is right:

    		for (int i = 0; i < 53; i++)             
     
    ([B]I have the number 53 there because there is 53 lines of text in the whole file (I do not know if this is right [/B]))
    		{
     
    			number_of_lines = inFile.nextInt();
    			number_left = inFile.nextDouble();
    			number_right = inFile.nextDouble();
    			number_left = number_left + inFile.nextDouble();
    			number_right = number_right + inFile.nextDouble();
     
    			if (inFile.next() == null)
    			{
    		} 
     
    		// Calculations
    		wage = number_left * number_right;

    Sorry about my confusing way of explaining things.

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    The code you've posted does not read the text from the file line by line. The methods you are using read tokens from the file ignoring the end of line character. The data could be like this:
    Block 1 4 32 8 38 6 38 6 16 7 Block 2 0

    If you want to know what lines the data is on, use the nextLine() method.
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    Default Re: Trouble reading a Text File

    I really don't understand what you are saying. Argh, this is so frustrating.

    EDIT: OK I understand now. You are saying my code is reading it as it comes, not line by line. Why have you said use the nextLine() method.

    I want it to read from Block 1 until the empty line, or the start of Block 2, and so on.

    I am looking online but I can't find anything that makes sense to me.

    Sorry if I don't make sense. Please be patient,

    EDIT #2: I was thinking if it read all of block 1, do all of the calculations in block 1, then save it as a String. Then do the same for block 2, until the last block. Then maybe I could compare these strings to the "inputted number".
    -Does that make sense?

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    my code is reading it as it comes, not line by line
    Yes, that is what I meant.

    Try writing a test program that reads from the file using nextLine() and prints out every line as it is read so you can see what the method does.
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    Ok. Thank you. I will try this now and get back to you. Thanks again!

    --- Update ---

    OK. I sort of understand the nextLine() method.

    I need to know how to break a line into two so we can store them as separate variables or strings.

    What do you think? Is that possible? Thanks.

    --- Update ---

    OK. I sort of understand the nextLine() method.

    I need to know how to break a line into two so we can store them as separate variables or strings.

    What do you think? Is that possible? Thanks.

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    how to break a line into
    The String class's split() method can be used to break a line into parts.
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    Thank you Sir. I do appreciate all your help. I will let you know how I get on. Thanks again.

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    Default Re: Trouble reading a Text File

    When you mention the split() method, would that mean that I am using array's? Is there anyway of reading the data and assigning each value to a variable to do a calculation for each line considering these variables vary in terms of int's and double's?

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    Is there anyway of reading the data and assigning each value to a variable
    The split() method will separate the tokens on a String into separate Strings that can be converted to numeric values.

    Another way to separate the tokens in a String into numbers is by putting the String into a Scanner class constructor and then calling the various Scanner class methods to retrieve the data as numbers.
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