[Solved] How can I read a file and randomly pull information from it and add it to an array list? [closed]

Read the file sequentially – thats the easiest route. Then randomly shuffle the collection. Actually, another question. Could you use math.random() to look at the lines of the text file and if, lets say, the line 5 comes up then you remove it from the parameters you set for math.random()? It would pick from 0-9 … Read more

[Solved] Java, automatic reading file from a directory [closed]

Reads & prints the content public static void main(String[] args) { List<String> li=new TestClass().textFiles(“your Directory”); for(String s:li){ try(BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(s))) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); String line = br.readLine(); while (line != null) { sb.append(line); sb.append(System.lineSeparator()); line = br.readLine(); } String everything = sb.toString(); System.out.println(everything); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); … Read more

[Solved] Java – Deleting certain lines from a file

This is partly finished code, to show you the idea what has to be done, but it may have some flaws, it uses Google Guava – http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/ import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.charset.Charset; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import com.google.common.io.Files; public class LinesDeleter { private static boolean between; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { … Read more

[Solved] NumberFormatException error from reading a file

Ok, I think converting string into Integer and then typecasting it to double is causing the error. Why don’t you just convert the string to double. Also you must trim the line while reading it to avoid any spaces. String holderStr = br.readLine().trim(); System.out.println(holderStr); totalBalNum = Double.parseDouble(holderStr); 2 solved NumberFormatException error from reading a file