Thread: Help making a method inloving a 2d array and file IO

This is pretty broad, but I'm just looking for a starting point. I have initialized and created an array called checkerboard. I have read in a txt file that has 64 characters that resembles a checkerboard. Eventually I need to make a method that reads in these characters of my txt file and places them in my [8][8] array. I then need to make a loop that determines and prints out how many possible jumps red can make on black. I need to have two classes. I have one named Checkerboard with the main method and another named checkers I haven't yet touched. Again - not looking for anything too specific I just need a bone of how in the world I can begin writing this method. Here is the code I have in my Checker board class so far.

 
import java.io.File;
 
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class Checkerboard
{
 
 
	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
 
 
 
 
 
	//public String black = "B";
	//public String red = "R";
	 private char [][] checkerboard = new char [8] [8];
 
 
 
		public void readFile(Scanner infile) 
		{
 
			for(int row = 0; row< checkerboard.length; row++)
			{
				String value = infile.nextLine();
 
				for(int col = 0 ; col<value.length();col++)
				{
					checkerboard [row] [col] = value.charAt(col);
 
				}
				//System.out.println();
 
 
			}
			//CREATE A LOOPING STRUCTURE TO READ DATA FROM THE FILE AND
			//STORE IT INTO THE 2-D ARRAY FOR TASK #2
			infile.close();
 
 
		}
	public Checkerboard()
	{
		checkerboard = new char [8] [8];
 
	}
 
	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
 
	{
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		Checkerboard board = new Checkerboard();
		File file  = new File("test1.txt");
		Scanner infile = new Scanner(file);
		board.readFile(infile);
 
		//PrintWriter outfile = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("test1.txt"));
		//board.readFile(infile);
		//board.printBoard(outfile);
		//PrintWriter outfile = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("precip.txt"));
		//board.readFile(infile);
		//board.printBoard(outfile);
 
 
 
 
 
 
	}
 
 
 
}

need to make a method that reads in these characters of my txt file and places them in my [8][8] array

Can you describe what is in the file and what references the pieces have to an x,y location on the board?