Thread: FileReader argument, compiler problem

I am using JGrasp.

Here are the two compiler problems:

Employee_pay_increases.java:22: error: ')' expected
			Scanner inFile = new Scanner( new FileReader(C:\\Ch3_Ex7Data.txt));
			                                              ^
Employee_pay_increases.java:22: error: illegal character: \92
			Scanner inFile = new Scanner( new FileReader(C:\\Ch3_Ex7Data.txt));
                                                                                          ^

I haven't finished the program yet, I just wanted to make sure I was getting the right data from the file first. Here is my code:

 
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
 
 
	public class Employee_pay_increases
	{
		static final float E1_PAY_INCREASE = .05;
		static final float E2_PAY_INCREASE = .06;
		static final float E3_PAY_INCREASE = .061;
 
		public static void main(Strings[] args) 
							throws FileNotFoundException
		{
			String employeeOne, employeeTwo, employeeThree, e1FirstName, e1LastName, e2FirstName, e2LastName,
                        e3FirstName, e3LastName, e1Salary, e2Salary, e3Salary, e1FinalSal, e2FinalSal, e3FinalSal;
 
			double employee1Sal, employee2Sal, employee3Sal, employee1Final, employee2Final, employee3Final;
 
			Scanner inFile = new Scanner( new FileReader(C:\\Ch3_Ex7Data.txt));
 
			employeeOne = inFile.nextln();
			employeeTwo = inFile.nextln();
			employeeThree = inFile.nextln();
 
			e1FirstName = String substring(0, 5);
			e1LastName = String substring(7, 12);
 
			System out.println(employeeOne);
			System out.println(e1FirstName);
			System out.println(e1LastName);
 
		}
	}

thanks in advance!

I'm surprised that there are so few errors in the debug. I say this due to there being many more errors in your code than just those two.

1. The first issue I see is that the numbers assigned to your final float variables are missing an f at the end.

2. There is no built-in class named Strings unless you have built it yourself, this will prevent the program from running.

3. The argument type for FileReader needs to be a string, therefore you will need quotes. I am basing that off of how you typed it in.

4. Where you have inFile.nextln() will not work as nextln() is not a method. What you are looking for is nextLine();

5. What you are trying to set elFirstName and elLastName to is invalid. The statement String substring() will return absolutely nothing. The proper way to use the substring method would be as follows [String Object].substring(x, y); . So, you need to figure out which string object you want to extract from (probably employeeOne, employeeTwo...etc) and then use that objects substring method to extract the information you require.


That's what I can see at first glance. My final suggestion to you is change which IDE you use as jGrasp isn't very helpful when it comes to error correction (Although I haven't used that specific IDE very much), and I recommend eclipse basic as it's error highlighting on the fly is quite nice+helpful. Changing IDE's is definitely not necessary but I think it would help out.

I do hope this helped.

Thanks you were both correct. Thanks for the added insight. I tried to compile before I read your post. I managed to comb through and get all that corrected though. I have used eclipse, but for class we have to use JGrasp. I think it is because if you can do good in JGrasp eclipse is easier, do to the errors and the auto completion.


I have another question in regards to this program. I have finished it and it works. I tested the output printing it out its fine, but when outputted to a file
the new line character doesn't work. Here is the whole program:

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
 
 
	public class Employee_pay_increases
	{
 
 
		public static void main(String[] args) 
							throws FileNotFoundException
		{
			String employeeOne, employeeTwo, employeeThree, e1FirstName, e1LastName, e2FirstName, e2LastName, e3FirstName, e3LastName,
			e1Salary, e2Salary, e3Salary, e1FinalSal, e2FinalSal, e3FinalSal, e1Increase, e2Increase, e3Increase, outPut;
 
			double employee1Sal, employee2Sal, employee3Sal, employee1Final, employee2Final, employee3Final, employee1Increase, employee2Increase, employee3Increase;
 
			Scanner inFile = new Scanner( new FileReader("C:\\Ch3_Ex7Data.txt"));
 
			employeeOne = inFile.nextLine();
			employeeTwo = inFile.nextLine();
			employeeThree = inFile.nextLine();
 
			e1LastName = employeeOne.substring(0, 6);
			e1FirstName = employeeOne.substring(7, 13);
			e1Salary = employeeOne.substring(14, 22);
			e1Increase = employeeOne.substring(23, 24);
 
 
			//System.out.println(employeeOne);
			//System.out.println(e1FirstName);
			//System.out.println(e1LastName);
			//System.out.println(e1Salary);
			//System.out.println(e1Increase);
 
			e2LastName = employeeTwo.substring(0, 5);
			e2FirstName = employeeTwo.substring(6, 12);
			e2Salary = employeeTwo.substring(13, 21);
			e2Increase = employeeTwo.substring(22,23);
 
			e3LastName = employeeThree.substring(0, 5);
			e3FirstName = employeeThree.substring(6, 10);
			e3Salary = employeeThree.substring(11, 19);
			e3Increase = employeeThree.substring(20, 23);
 
			employee1Sal = Double.parseDouble(e1Salary);
			employee1Increase = Double.parseDouble(e1Increase);
			employee1Final = employee1Sal * (employee1Increase / 100);
 
			employee2Sal = Double.parseDouble(e2Salary);
			employee2Increase = Double.parseDouble(e2Increase);
			employee2Final = employee2Sal * (employee2Increase / 100);
 
			employee3Sal = Double.parseDouble(e3Salary);
			employee3Increase = Double.parseDouble(e3Increase);
			employee3Final = employee3Sal * (employee3Increase / 100);
 
			PrintWriter outFile = new PrintWriter("C:\\users\\remo\\downloads\\Ch3_Ex7Output.txt");
 
 
			outPut = e1FirstName + " " + e1LastName + " " + String.format("%.2f", employee1Final) + "\n" +
			         e2FirstName + " " + e2LastName + " " + String.format("%.2f", employee2Final) + "\n" +
						e3FirstName + " " + e3LastName + " " + String.format("%.2f", employee3Final) + "\n";
 
			System.out.printf(outPut);			
			outFile.printf(outPut);
 
			inFile.close();
			outFile.close();			
 
		}
}

Here is the printed output:

Andrew Miller 3289.49
Sheila Green 4553.55
Amit Sethi 4568.93

Here is the file output:

Andrew Miller 3289.49Sheila Green 4553.55Amit Sethi 4568.93

why the difference?

thanks all!