Thread: How do I output the academic year with the most As?

I have a program so far that outputs the number of As and Fs there were for a specific academic year. I would like to know how to output the academic year out of all the academic years that had the most As based on a certain file.
Here is the code I have thus far:

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class GradesProceduralProgram {
 
	//reading data into arrays
	public static String[] academicYear = new String[6446];
	public static String[] term = new String[6446];
	public static String[] course = new String[6446];
	public static char[] grade = new char[6446];
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
 
		File file = new File("gradesCPSC.csv");
		Scanner input = null;
 
		try {
			input = new Scanner(file);
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			System.out.println("File not found.");
			e.printStackTrace();
			System.exit(0);
		}//end catch
 
		//read header to text file and do nothing with it
		input.nextLine();
 
		int index = 0;
		while(input.hasNext()) {
			String line = input.nextLine();
			String[] fields = line.split(",");
			academicYear[index] = fields[0];
			term[index] = fields[1];
			course[index] = fields[2];
			grade[index++] = fields[3].charAt(0);
 
		}//end while
 
		//close file as we are done using it after all the data is loaded into our arrays in the while loop
		input.close();
 
		int numOfStudentsA = countOfPassingStudents("2018-19", "CPSC-39", 'A');
		System.out.println("How many students from CPSC-39 received a grade of 'A' in the 2018-19 school year?\n" + numOfStudentsA);
		int numOfStudentsF = countOfFailingStudents("2018-19", "CPSC-39", 'F');
		System.out.println("\nHow many students from CPSC-39 received a grade of 'F' in the 2018-19 school year?\n" + numOfStudentsF);
		/*int yearWithMostAs = numOfAs('A');
		System.out.println("\nWhich year did students receive the most 'A's for CPSC-39?\n" + yearWithMostAs);*/
 
	}//end main
 
	public static int countOfPassingStudents(String year, String className, char gradeA) {
		int countA = 0;
		for(int i = 0; i < academicYear.length; i++) {
			if(year.equalsIgnoreCase(academicYear[i]) && className.equalsIgnoreCase(course[i]) && gradeA == grade[i]) {
				countA++;
			}//end if
		}//end for 
		return countA;
	}//end students with A method
 
	public static int countOfFailingStudents(String year, String className, char gradeF) {
		int countF = 0;
		for(int i = 0; i < academicYear.length; i++) {
			if(year.equalsIgnoreCase(academicYear[i]) && className.equalsIgnoreCase(course[i]) && gradeF == grade[i]) {
				countF++;
			}//end if
		}//end for
		return countF;
	}//end students with F method
 
	public static int numOfAs(char gradeAs) {
		int countNum = 0;
		for(int i = 0; i < academicYear.length; i++) {
			if(gradeAs == grade[i]) {
				countNum++;
			}//end if
		}//end for
		return countNum;
	}//end year students received the most As method
 
}//end class

Here is the output:

How many students from CPSC-39 received a grade of 'A' in the 2018-19 school year?
14
 
How many students from CPSC-39 received a grade of 'F' in the 2018-19 school year?
18

Some data from the file I am using(I can't post all of the data or it'll crash this site for me :p) :

AY,Term,Course,Grade
2014-15,2014U,CPSC-30,A
2014-15,2014U,CPSC-30,A
2015-16,2015U,CPSC-30,A
2015-16,2015U,CPSC-30,A
2016-17,2016U,CPSC-30,A
2016-17,2016U,CPSC-30,A
2017-18,2017U,CPSC-30,A
2017-18,2017U,CPSC-30,A
2018-19,2018F,CPSC-01,A
2018-19,2018F,CPSC-01,A
2019-20,2019F,CPSC-39,A
2019-20,2019F,CPSC-39,A

I would like to know how to output the academic year out of all the academic years that had the most As

How and where does the code sum the number of As for each year? Once all the As have been counted, then search the list for the largest value.

how to do it based off academic year

Using arrays like you currently doing, define an array to hold the counts for each year. For example the first slot would hold the data for the year 2000, the next slot for the year 2001, etc. Then when you read the data, add 1 to the slot for the year when that year has an A.
The trick is to compute the array's index by subtracting the base year (say 2000) from the year with the A. For example if there was an A in year 2015, add a one to the array slot with index 15. Chose the base year based on the range of years in your data.