I've been trying to practice I/O file programming and I'm still at the basics. Writing into a file using the java was simple enough but reading to a file is beginning to give me a headache. Here's a simple program I tried to run(btw, I based the program from a book by Liang) .
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.File;
public class Reading {
private static Scanner n;
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
{
File files = new File("samples.txt");
n = new Scanner(files);
while(n.hasNext())
{
String firstName = n.next();
String mi = n.next();
String lastName = n.next();
int score = n.nextInt();
System.out.println(
firstName + " " + mi + " " + lastName + " " + score);
}
n.close();
}
}
Here's the error:
Exception in thread "main" java.util.NoSuchElementException
at java.util.Scanner.throwFor(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Scanner.next(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Scanner.nextInt(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Scanner.nextInt(Unknown Source)
at OOPFinals.Reading.main(Reading.java:17)
How do I make this program work?
Help!
The NoSuchElementException is thrown by Scanner.next() and means there are no more tokens to be found in the file.
The problem here is that your while() loop only guarantees that there is at least ONE token left to read from the file, however on each iteration of the loop you are reading in FIVE tokens.
What is happening in your code, you are trying to read from the Scanner although there's nothing left there to read.
What you should do - You need to check n.hasNext() before each call to n.next() or n.nextInt(), or just read the entire line (which seems exactly what you want):
while (n.hasNextLine()) {
String line = n.nextLine();
System.out.println(line);
}
Your code is working given that the right input file "samples.txt" is provided. For example, given the following input:
Richard Phillips Feynman 100
Paul Adrien Dirac 90
Everything works fine, however if you use the following:
Richard Feynman 100
Paul Adrien Dirac 90
then you obtain the NoSuchElementException. In the last example, I removed the middle name that your program is expecting. As such, we can conclude that you are expecting to read information in a file with no information left to read. I recommend something like the following:
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.io.File;
public class Reading {
private static Scanner n;
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
{
File files = new File("samples.txt");
n = new Scanner(files);
String data;
while(n.hasNextLine() && !(data = n.nextLine()).equals(""))
{
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(data);
if(st.countTokens() >= 4) {
String firstName = (String) st.nextElement();
String mi = (String) st.nextElement();
String lastName = (String) st.nextElement();
int score = Integer.parseInt( (String) st.nextElement());
System.out.println(
firstName + " " + mi + " " + lastName + " " + score);
} else {
System.err.println("This line is malformed!");
}
}
n.close();
}
}
In this program, you can have a sample file that has empty lines and it expects to read 4 tokens per line or else it prints an error message informing you that a line has malformed input.
Sometimes when you're reading a file you'll run into various characters. Some are letters, some are numbers, and some are integers. You need to check whether it's a letter, number, or an integer because the following line assumes you are passing an integer:
int score = n.nextInt();
It can be resolved by checking for integers:
int score = 0;
if(n.hasNextInt()) { score = n.nextInt(); }
When you're reading from the program, make sure to take Cathial's answer into consideration. By using hasNext(), you're only checking if there is one string, also known as a token. You should check if there are n strings available where n is the number of .next() functions in your loop.
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Every time I run it, gives this message (( InputMismatchException )) where is the problem from ?
File f = new File("nameList.txt");
try {
PrintWriter out;
out = new PrintWriter(f);
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
out.printf("Name : %s Age : %d ", "Rezaee-Hadi", 19);
out.println("");
}
out.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
System.out.println("Exception thrown : " + ex);
}
try {
Scanner in = new Scanner(f);
String name = in.nextLine();
int age = in.nextInt();
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
System.out.println(name);
System.out.println(age);
}
in.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
System.out.println("Exception thrown : " + ex);
}
You are creating your data file in the following data format:
Name : Rezaee-Hadi Age : 19
Now, it really doesn't matter (to some extent) how you format your data file as long as you realize that you may need to parse that data later on. You really don't need to maintain a header with your data on each file line. We already know that the first piece of data on any file line is to be a Name and the second piece of data on any file line is to be the Age of the person the Name relates to. So, the following is sufficient:
Rezaee-Hadi, 19
If you want, you can place a header as the very first line of the data file so that it can easily be determined what each piece of data on each line relates to, for example:
Name, Age
Rezaee-Hadi, 19
Fred Flintstone, 32
Tom Jones, 66
John Smith, 54
This is actually a typical format for CSV data files.
Keeping with the file data format you are already using:
There is nothing wrong with using the Scanner#nextLine() method. It's a good way to go but you should be iterating through the file line by line using a while loop because you may not always know exactly how many actual data lines are contained within the file, for example:
Scanner in = new Scanner(f);
String dataLine;
while (in.hasNextLine()) {
dataLine = in.nextLine().trim();
// Skip Blank Lines
if (dataLine.equals("")) {
continue;
}
System.out.println(dataLine);
}
This will print all the data lines contained within your file. But this is not what you really want is it. You want to separate the name and age from each line which means then that you need to parse the data from each line. One way (in your case) would be something like this:
String dataLine;
Scanner in = new Scanner(f);
while (in.hasNextLine()) {
dataLine = in.nextLine().trim();
// Skip Blank Lines
if (dataLine.equals("")) {
continue;
}
String[] dataParts = dataLine.replace("Name : " , "").split(" Age : ");
System.out.println("The Person's Name: " + dataParts[0] + System.lineSeparator()
+ "The Person's Age: " + dataParts[1] + System.lineSeparator());
}
In the above code we iterate through the entire data file one line at a time using a while loop. As each line is read into the dataLine string variable it is also trimmed of any leading or trailing whitespaces. Normally we don't want these. We then check to make sure the line is not blank. We don't normally want these either and here we skip past those blank lines by issuing a continue to the while loop so as to immediately initiate another iteration. If the file line line actually contains data then it is held within the dataLine variable.
Now we want to parse that data so as to retrieve the Name and the Age and place them into a String Array. We do this by using the String#split() method but first we get rid of the "Name : " portion of the line using the String#replace() method since we don't want to deal with this text while we parse the line. In the String#split() method we supply a string delimiter to split by and that delimiter is " Age : ".
String[] dataParts = dataLine.replace("Name : " , "").split(" Age : ");
Now when each line is parsed, the Name and Age will be contained within the dataParts[] string array as elements located at index 0 and index 1. We now use these array elements to display the results to console window.
At this point the Age is a string located in the dataParts[] array at index 1 but you may want to convert this age to a Integer (int) type value. To do this you can utilize the Integer.parseInt() or Integer.valueOf() methods but before you do that you should validate the fact the the string you are about to pass to either of these methods is indeed a string numerical integer value. To do this you would utilize the String#matches() method along with a simple little Regular Expression (RegEx):
int age = 0;
if (dataParts[1].matches("\\d+")) {
age = Integer.parseInt(dataParts[1]);
// OR age = Integer.valueOf(dataParts[1]);
System.out.println("Age = " + age);
}
else {
System.out.println("Age is not a numerical value!");
}
The regular expression "\\d+" placed within the String#matches() method basically means, "Is the supplied string a string representation of a integer numerical value?". If the method finds that it is not then boolean false is returned. If it finds that the value supplied is a string integer numerical value then boolean true is returned. Doing things this way will prevent any NumberFormatException's from occurring.
Replace this:
int age=0;
while (in.hasNext()) {
// if the next is a Int,
// print found and the Int
if (in.hasNextInt()) {
age = in.nextInt();
System.out.println("Found Int value :"
+ age);
}
}
in place of this:
int age = in.nextInt();
Then you will not get "InputMismatchException" anymore..
Please help me to figure out how I can get a count of the result when I do a search against a specific folder?
Also how can I ask the user if they want to perform another search?
// Importing utilities
import java.io.File;
import java.util.*;
public class FileListing
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
// Creating a Scanner
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
// Specifying search location
File file = new File("D:/Music");
String[] content = file.list();
// Searching for a match
System.out.println("Enter the first few characters of the folder/file to do a lookup");
String userInput = keyboard.nextLine();
// Adding text to say what the user searched for
System.out.println("Below you will find the list of folders/files with a partial match to (" + userInput + ").");
System.out.println();
// Posting the contents
for(String folders : content)
{
if(folders.toUpperCase().startsWith(userInput.toUpperCase()))
{
System.out.println("Name: " + folders);
}
}
}
}
If you want to count your matches you can do the following
int i=0;
// Posting the contents
for(String folders : content)
{
if(folders.toUpperCase().startsWith(userInput.toUpperCase()))
{
System.out.println("Name: " + folders);
i++;
}
}
System.out.println("Total number of results: " + i);`
As for asking the user, consider using a do-while loop in the following format
do{
// your code
// ask user and read his answer on a string called userChoice
}while (userChoice.equals('y'))
Experiment with our suggestions and you will find the answer easily enough!
I would add a variable
int count = 0;
right before the for loop, and just increment it if it's a match.
This should get you started. I am incrementing the variable count each time a match is found. I am also looping forever so it keeps asking the user for more input.
// Importing utilities
import java.io.File;
import java.util.*;
public class FileListing
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
// Creating a Scanner
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
// Specifying search location
File file = new File("D:/Music");
String[] content = file.list();
while(true){
// Searching for a match
System.out.println("Enter the first few characters of the folder/file to do a lookup");
String userInput = keyboard.nextLine();
// Adding text to say what the user searched for
System.out.println("Below you will find the list of folders/files with a partial match to (" + userInput + ").");
System.out.println();
// Posting the contents
int count=0;
for(String folders : content)
{
if(folders.toUpperCase().startsWith(userInput.toUpperCase()))
{
System.out.println("Name: " + folders);
count++;
}
}
}
}
}
Use a while loop and prompt the user to enter a phrase (such as 'exit') if they want to stop. After reading the user input, check the phrase and call a break if it matches the exit phrase.
Use a variable as Robert suggested to count the total number of files found.
I have list of text files I need to read a specific string from, which is always preceded by the string "SWEUserName=". I have been able to print the entire line from the log, but not just the string I need. I do want to print the line number, just not the whole line
So far this is what I've got:
public static String [] openFile() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException{
String searchTech = "SWEUserName=";
int s;
String foundTech = "";
File logs = new File("C:\\Users\\wfedric\\Desktop\\GD\\Java\\Learning\\app\\src\\main\\java\\com\\fedrictechnologies\\learning\\FSDS2.txt");
Scanner scnr = new Scanner(logs);
int lineNumber = 1;
while(scnr.hasNextLine()){
String line = scnr.nextLine();
lineNumber++;
if(line.contains(searchTech)){
s = 10;
foundTech = lineNumber +" :"+ searchTech + s;
System.out.println(foundTech);
System.out.println(line);
}else;
}
return null;
}
I know I am missing something, but I can't for the life of me figure how to count the next 10 characters. I realize at it stands in my code, I am simply printing the Line number followed by my searchTech variable, and the number 10.
I need s to hold on to the 10 characters following searchTech. Perhaps an array is the best way? Just not sure :(
With the above code, I have the following output, which I should expect:
141 :SWEUserName=10
[09/04/14 EDT:8:15:48 AM- INFO- MASC1050141409832948329] - [ HomePageURL ] - ThinClient Home Page URL - https://wls.rio.directv.com/wpservsm_enu/start.swe?SWECmd=ExecuteLogin&SWENeedContext=false&SWEUserName=masc105014&SWEPassword=%5BNDSEnc-D%5Dji%2Fic25k%2FTB%2Fy7mqG2kcb2ndd1S3hgWC8Rfa4e1DvtwKWMGQmTzngA%3D%3D&
143 :SWEUserName=10
[09/04/14 EDT:8:15:48 AM- INFO- ] - [ webServiceRequest ] - Web service Call - RetryCounter: 0, URL: https://wls.rio.directv.com/wpservsm_enu/start.swe?SWECmd=ExecuteLogin&SWENeedContext=false&SWEUserName=masc105014&SWEPassword=%5BNDSEnc-D%5Dji%2Fic25k%2FTB%2Fy7mqG2kcb2ndd1S3hgWC8Rfa4e1DvtwKWMGQmTzngA%3D%3D&, Type: GET
1st and 3rd lines are the General format I want, 2nd and 4th lines are where I get stuck returning the specific values after searchTech.
SOLUTION (During this process, I played with the indexOf method to include the date, and left it there)
public class techMatching {
static int s;
static int d;
static String sTech;
static String dTech;
public static String [] openReadFile() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException{
String searchTech = "SWEUserName=";
String foundTech;
File logs = new File("C:\\FSDS2.txt");
Scanner scnr = new Scanner(logs);
int lineNumber = 1;
while(scnr.hasNextLine()){
String line = scnr.nextLine();
lineNumber++;
if(line.contains(searchTech)){
s = line.indexOf(searchTech);
sTech = line.substring(s+12,s+22);
d = line.indexOf("[");
dTech = line.substring(1, 22);
foundTech = lineNumber +": "+ "(" + dTech + ")" + "|"+ sTech.toUpperCase();
System.out.println(foundTech);
}else;
}
return null;
}
Which returned the expected output:
141: (09/04/14 EDT:8:15:48 )|MASC105014
143: (09/04/14 EDT:8:15:48 )|MASC105014
And so on.
"" ""
I suggest you look at the methods available in the String class. Using indexOf(searchTech), you know where in the line the "SWEUserName=" is. Using substring, you can get a String consisting of part of the line.
I was given a file that has list of names phone numbers, calls in and out ect... Like this
Adams#Marilyn#8233331109#0#0#01012014#C
Anderson#John#5025559980#20#15#12152013#M
Baker-Brown#Angelica#9021329944#0#3#02112014#C
The # are delimiters between data items and each line has the call status as the last item.
I need to know how I can display each persons information on the screen in a format such as:
Name Phone Calls Out Calls In Last Call
Marilyn Adams (823) 333-1109 0 0 01-01-2104
John Anderson (502) 555-9980 20 15 12-15-2013
Angelica Baker-Brown (859) 254-1109 11 5 02-11-2014
I have to use substring method to extract the phone number and add parentheses/dashes ect...
So Far my code looks like this
Also I am in a beginners Java coding class....
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.*;
public class phonedata2_1 {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
String Phonefile, FirstName, LastName;
Scanner PhoneScan, fileScan;
System.out.println(" Name Phone Calls Out Calls In Last Call Status");
fileScan = new Scanner(new File("phonedata.txt"));
while (fileScan.hasNext()) {
Phonefile = fileScan.nextLine();
PhoneScan = new Scanner(Phonefile);
PhoneScan.useDelimiter("#");
System.out.println(PhoneScan.next() + " "
+ PhoneScan.next() + "\t"
+ PhoneScan.next() + "\t"
+ PhoneScan.next() + "\t"
+ PhoneScan.next() + "\t"
+ PhoneScan.next() + "\t"
+ PhoneScan.next());
}
System.out.println("\nTotal outgoing calls for the period: " + "\nTotal incoming calls for the period: \n");
}
}
Finds every "data-segment" by using regex, then splits it with # as delimiter and prints it:
File blub = new File("blub.txt");
Scanner scanner = null;
try
{
scanner = new Scanner(blub);
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e){}
while(scanner.hasNext("((\\S*)#){6}(\\w)"))
{
String buffer = scanner.next("((\\S*)#){6}(\\w)");
for(String value : buffer.split("#"))
System.out.print(value + " ");
System.out.println();
}
Output:
Adams Marilyn 8233331109 0 0 01012014 C
Anderson John 5025559980 20 15 12152013 M
Baker-Brown Angelica 9021329944 0 3 02112014 C
Note:
You can use any whitespace character to separate each data-segment in the input file, so even spaces are okay or tabs(or crazy mix with empty lines and so on).
For farther use of data:
you could add your data in an arraylist since buffer.split("#") gives you an array of the data-segment, so you can output it easier with your desired changes to each value.(or in a different order)
You can use the .split(String regex) to split the line you are reading by throwing in the # as a delimeter. This will yield an array which you can traverse and print the contents accordingly. Also, it would seem that besides the initial line, all call data starts with a , so you could use split twice to parse your text file:
EDIT: Seeing your comment, I also realized that afterwards, however, since the .split() method takes a regex as parameter, it means that this problem can be walked around without much hassle. My example is as follows:
String str = "Adams#Marilyn#8233331109#0#0#01012014#C Anderson#John#5025559980#20#15#12152013#M Baker-Brown#Angelica#9021329944#0#3#02112014#C";
String[] lines = str.split(" ");
System.out.println("Name\tPhone\tCalls\tOut\tCalls In\tLast Call");
for(String line : lines)
{
String[] lineInfo = line.split("#");
for(String info : lineInfo)
{
System.out.print(info + "\t");
}
System.out.println();
}
I had to add some extra tabs manually, but this is the output:
Name Phone Calls Out Calls In Last Call
Adams Marilyn 8233331109 0 0 01012014 C
Anderson John 5025559980 20 15 12152013 M
Baker-Brown Angelica 9021329944 0 3 02112014 C
Something like this should work. You still need to do all the manipulation of the phone number yourself, but all the data will be in the call info so you should be able to work from that!
while (fileScan.hasNext())
{
//Get a single record
Phonefile = fileScan.nextLine();
//Seperate the elements of the record
String[] callInfo = Phonefile.split("#");
for(String infoPart: callInfo)
{
System.out.print(infoPart+ "\t");
}
System.out.println()
}
I am working on a homework assignment, and I am going a little "above and beyond" what is called for by the assignment. I am getting a run-time error in my code, and can not for the life of me figure out what it is that I have done wrong.
Here is the assignment:
Write a program that displays a simulated paycheck. The program should ask the user to enter the date, the payee’s name, and the amount of the check. It should then display a simulated check with the dollar amount spelled out.
Here is my code:
CheckWriter:
/* CheckWriter.java */
// Imported Dependencies
import java.util.InputMismatchException;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class CheckWriter {
public static void main(String args[]) {
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
// Try to get the name
String name = "";
NameValidator validateName = new NameValidator();
while (validateName.validate(name) == false) {
System.out.println("Enter the name: ");
name = keyboard.nextLine();
if (validateName.validate(name) == false) {
System.out.println("Not a valid name.");
}
}
// Get the date
String date = "";
DateValidator validateDate = new DateValidator();
while (!validateDate.validate(date)) {
System.out.println("Enter the date (dd/mm/yyyy): ");
date = keyboard.nextLine();
if (!validateDate.validate(date)) {
System.out.println("Not a valid date.");
}
}
// Try to get the amount of the check
String checkAmount = "";
CurrencyValidator validateCurrency = new CurrencyValidator();
while (!validateCurrency.validate(checkAmount)) {
System.out.print("Enter the Check Amount (XX.XX): $");
checkAmount = keyboard.nextLine();
if (!validateCurrency.validate(checkAmount)) {
System.out.println("Not a valid check amount.");
}
}
String checkWords = checkToWords(checkAmount); // ERROR! (48)
System.out
.println("------------------------------------------------------\n"
+ "Date: "
+ date
+ "\n"
+ "Pay to the Order of: "
+ name
+ " $"
+ checkAmount
+ "\n"
+ checkWords
+ "\n"
+ "------------------------------------------------------\n");
}
private static String checkToWords(String checkAmount) {
/**
* Here I will use the string.split() method to separate out
* the integer and decimal portions of the checkAmount.
*/
String delimiter = "\\.\\$";
/* Remove any commas from checkAmount */
checkAmount.replace(",", "");
/* Split the checkAmount string into an array */
String[] splitAmount = checkAmount.split(delimiter);
/* Convert the integer portion of checkAmount to words */
NumberToWords intToWord = new NumberToWords();
long intPortion = Long.parseLong(splitAmount[0]); // ERROR! (84)
intToWord.convert(intPortion);
String intAmount = intToWord.getString() + " dollars";
/* Convert the decimal portion of checkAmount to words */
String decAmount = "";
long decPortion = Long.parseLong(splitAmount[1]);
if (decPortion != 0) {
NumberToWords decToWord = new NumberToWords();
decToWord.convert(Long.parseLong(splitAmount[1]));
decAmount = " and " + decToWord.getString() + " cents.";
}
return (intAmount + decAmount);
}
}
Note that I am using external class files to handle validation of the name, date, currency, and conversion from numbers to words. These class files all work as intended.
The error I am getting is:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: ""
at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Unknown Source)
at CheckWriter.checkToWords(CheckWriter.java:82)
at CheckWriter.main(CheckWriter.java:46)
I have commented the lines in my code that are causing the errors that I am experiencing.
Could someone please assist me in figuring where my code is going wrong? I can include the other class files if you feel that it would be needed.
EDIT: When I run the code, it asks for the name and date. Before asking for the check amount is when it throws the error.
EDIT 2: A huge thank you to cotton.m! Thanks to his advice, I have changed the while statements to look like this:
while(!validateDate.validate(date) && date == "")
This has now fixed my issue. It would appear that when validating data with a regex expression, an empty string will return true.
The String you are trying to parse in an empty length string.
My suggestion would be to
1) Check the value of checkAmount at the start of checkToWords - if it is blank there's your problem
2) Don't do that split. Just replace the $ like you did the , (I think this is your real problem)
Also you are going to have another issue in that 10000.00 is not a long. I see you are splitting out the . but is that really what you want?
It is NumberFormatException, the value in checkAmount (method parameter) is not a valid Number.
You need to set checkAmount=checkAmount.replace(",", "");
Otherwise checkAmount will still have , inside and causes NumberFormatExcpetion.
Your issue is with your delimiter regex, currently you are using \.\$ which will split on a literal . followed by a literal $. I'm assuming that what you are actually intending to do is to split on either a . or a $, so change your delimiter to one of the following:
String delimiter = "\\.|\\$"
or
String delimiter = "[\\.\\$]"
As your code is now, checkAmount.split(delimiter) is not actually successfully splitting the string anywhere, so Long.parseLong(splitAmount[0]) is equivalent to Long.parseLong(checkAmount).
It should be:
String delimiter = "[\\.\\$]";
and then you have to check that splitWord[i] is not empty.