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Thread: File reading issues

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    Default File reading issues

    So my end goal is to have read a file containing fractions, and be able to count the number of times a specific fraction appears.
    Example file:
    6/3
    7/2
    6/3
    5/2

    So far I have been able to get the program to count the the number of lines. My idea was to us a for loop to take in a line of the file at a time, and put the numbers from the fraction into an array. My problem is that no matter how many different ways i try this it wont work. It keeps outputting null.

    import java.util.Scanner;
    import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
    import java.lang.String;
    import java.io.File;
    import java.io.FileInputStream;
     
    public class Assignment1{
     
        public static void main(String [] args){    
            //Reads file containing fractions
            Scanner inputFile = null;
            try {
                inputFile = new Scanner(new FileInputStream("fractions.txt"));
            }
            catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                System.out.println("File not found or not opened.");
                System.exit(0);
            }
            fractionCounter(inputFile);
     
        }
     
     
        public static void fractionCounter(Scanner file){
           //variables
            String line;                       // place holder for line
            String[]test = new String[100];   // array that holds fractions
            int count= 0;                     // use to count the number of lines
     
     
           //Count the number of lines in the file
           while(file.hasNextLine()){
               count++;
               file.nextLine();
     
               for (int i=0; i<=count; i++){
                   line = file.nextLine();
                   test = line.split("/");
                }
               file.nextLine();
           }
     
           line = file.next();
           System.out.println(line);
     
           //for(int i=0; i<=count; i++){
            //    line = file.nextLine();
            //    test = line.split("/");
     
           //}
     
           //for(int i = 0; i <= count*2; i++){
            //    System.out.println(test[i]);        
           //}
        }     
     
    }


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    Default Re: File reading issues

    It keeps outputting null.
    Which print statement prints the null? Why do you expect the program to print something other than null?
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: File reading issues

    line = file.next();
    System.out.println(line);

    I did the print line to make sure that the fractions were in fact filling the array. They are not. I can't figure out how to put the numbers into the array

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    It keeps outputting null.
    I don't see what line is printing "null"? The next() method of the Scanner class does not return a null value.
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    Default Re: File reading issues

    The error was java.util.NoSuchElementException

    No line was found when using file.next()
    Scanner (Java Platform SE 7 )

    The while(file.hasNextLine()) loop will catch this situation, but I think you need to check the number of times you use next() and nextLine(). Try and simplify it.

    Have you thought about how you are going to store, compare and collate the fractions in the array?

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