`NullPointerException` thrown while searching text file [closed]
问题 Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it's on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 4 years ago . First, I keep getting a NullPointerException on the line I put in ** below. Second, my program is giving the wrong output (I somehow got it to work but then it went back to error). It must be a logic error. I have a file directory.txt of 11 lines, each with a name on it. When I run my program to try to find a