Read text file into an array

Question

I want read a text file into an array. How can I do that?

data = new String[lines.size]

I don\'t want to hard code 10 in the array.

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Answer 1

you can do something like this:

  BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("file.text"));
    int Counter = 1;
    String line;
    while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
        //read the line 
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(line);
       //now split line using char you want and save it to array
        for (String token : line.split("@")) {
            //add element to array here 
            System.out.println(token);
        }
    }
    reader.close();

Answer 2

File txt = new File("file.txt");
Scanner scan = new Scanner(txt);
ArrayList<String> data = new ArrayList<String>() ;
while(scan.hasNextLine()){
    data.add(scan.nextLine());
}
System.out.println(data);
String[] simpleArray = data.toArray(new String[]{});

Answer 3

If you aren't allowed to do it dtechs way, and use an ArrayList, Read it 2 times: First, to get the number of lines to declare the array, and the second time to fill it.

Answer 4

Use an ArrayList or an other dynamic datastructure:

BufferedReader abc = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(myfile));
List<String> lines = new ArrayList<String>();

while((String line = abc.readLine()) != null) {
    lines.add(line);
    System.out.println(data);
}
abc.close();

// If you want to convert to a String[]
String[] data = lines.toArray(new String[]{});

Answer 5

Use a List instead. In the end, if you want, you can convert it back to an String[].

BufferedReader abc = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(myfile));
List<String> data = new ArrayList<String>();
String s;
while((s=abc.readLine())!=null) {
    data.add(s);
    System.out.println(s);
}
abc.close();