Problems with File Reader (Strings and 2D Array Storage)

**K0209** · January 7th, 2010, 12:12 PM

^DoH! Ofcourse, silly me!
Ok, been working on it and I'm wondering which means would be better to reach an end:

A: I create the following arrays for storage...
Athlete (Strings) : To hold the heat number, lane, num, athlete name and nationality
Time (doubles): to hold only the times in order of the above...ie: 1st entry would be Heat 1, Runner 1's time and the final would be Heat 7 runner 8s time.

or

B: I use a 3-D Array of [8][9][1]
each of the 1st postion values would represent the heat and inside the 2nd postion value would be the strings of information and in the third postion would be the time.

Mayybe I'm over complicating things again lol

EDIT: Ok, so far this is what I have.
This is ok so far, because it will store all the info i need, BUT it will only store the final lines data and not the others O_o

I'm thinking I need a 2D array for this, so that it will store them across the board.
Does this sound about right? lol

package coursework1;
 
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
//import java.util.ArrayList;
//import java.util.List;
 
 
public class Main {
    //Golbal variables to be accessed by most of my methods
    static String fileName = "";//The file that the user wants to access
    static String [] athlete;
 
    public static void main (String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException{
    Main.body(args);
           }
 
    private static void body (String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException{
    //the bulk of the code/calling will go here, so that main is left with
    //as few calls as possible for ease.
        Main.getFileName(args);
        Main.readLine(args);
        System.out.println("//////////////////////");
        Main.showAthleteArray(args);
    }
 
    private static void getFileName (String[] args)throws FileNotFoundException{
        InputStreamReader input = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(input);
        System.out.println("Please type your file name (including the Extension): ");
        // read in user input
        try {
            fileName = reader.readLine();
            }
        catch(Exception e){}
        System.out.println("\n====CONFIRMATION====\nFile Name: " + fileName + "\n==END CONFIRMATION==\n\n");
            }
 
    private static void printFile (String[]args) throws FileNotFoundException{
         //This will Print the file in its entirety.
         try {
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileName));
            String strLine;
            while ((strLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
                System.out.println(strLine);
            }
            br.close();
        } catch (Exception exc) {
            System.err.println("Error: " + exc.getMessage());
        }
    }
 
    private static void readLine (String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException{
       //it reads the lines and then splits them in seperate lines
        try {
            FileInputStream inStream = new FileInputStream(fileName);
            DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(inStream);
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
            String line;
 
            //create an array of heats for size 7
            //Heat[] heats = new Heat[7];
            boolean firstHeat = true;
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                if (!line.equals("")) {
                    if (line.trim().startsWith("Heat")) {
                        if (firstHeat) {
                            firstHeat = false;
                        } else {
                            //add old heat to the heat array
                        }
                        //create a new heat object
                    } else {
                        //create new athlete object and add it to the heat
                        athlete = line.trim().split("\\b\\s{2,}\\b");
                        for (int i = 0; i < athlete.length; i++) {
                            System.out.println(athlete[i]);
                        }
                        //System.out.println(line);
                    }
 
                }
 
            }
            in.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
 
}
 
    private static void showAthleteArray (String[]args){
        int sum = 0;
        for (int counter = 0; counter < athlete.length; counter++) {
            System.out.println(counter + "\t" + athlete[counter]);
        }
    }
 
	}

THIS is the out put of the Athlete array after all methods have executed...(I used my showAthleteArray method to get this)

0        8
1        425
2        Tyler Christopher
3        CAN
4        45.15

**K0209** · January 7th, 2010, 02:08 PM

Damn double post again, sorry!

Okay, I tihnk I've managed to get this to store each array of data in an array list, however when I request the data all it prints is "[Ljava.lang.String;@1cfb549" for each positional value.
*sigh*

Anyone able to help me with this?

package coursework1;
 
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
//import java.util.ArrayList;
//import java.util.List;
 
 
public class Main {
    //Golbal variables to be accessed by most of my methods
    static String fileName = "";//The file that the user wants to access
    static String [] athlete;//Use as temp Array for data, then move data into a larger arrayList?
    static ArrayList alHeat = new ArrayList();
    static String [] athleteFinal;
 
    public static void main (String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException{
    Main.body(args);
           }
 
    private static void body (String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException{
    //the bulk of the code/calling will go here, so that main is left with
    //as few calls as possible for ease.
        Main.getFileName(args);
        Main.readLine(args);
        System.out.println("//////////////////////");
        Main.showAthleteArray(args);
       [B] System.out.println(alHeat.get(postionalVariableHere));[/B]//**********
    }
 
    private static void getFileName (String[] args)throws FileNotFoundException{
        InputStreamReader input = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(input);
        System.out.println("Please type your file name (including the Extension): ");
        // read in user input
        try {
            fileName = reader.readLine();
            }
        catch(Exception e){}
        System.out.println("\n====CONFIRMATION====\nFile Name: " + fileName + "\n==END CONFIRMATION==\n\n");
            }
 
    private static void printFile (String[]args) throws FileNotFoundException{
         //This will Print the file in its entirety.
         try {
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileName));
            String strLine;
            while ((strLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
                System.out.println(strLine);
            }
            br.close();
        } catch (Exception exc) {
            System.err.println("Error: " + exc.getMessage());
        }
    }
 
    [B]private static void readLine (String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException{
       //it reads the lines and then splits them in seperate lines
        try {
            FileInputStream inStream = new FileInputStream(fileName);
            DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(inStream);
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
            String line;
 
            //create an array of heats for size 7
            //Heat[] heats = new Heat[7];
            boolean firstHeat = true;
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                if (!line.equals("")) {
                    if (line.trim().startsWith("Heat")) {
                        if (firstHeat) {
                            firstHeat = false;
                        } else {
                            //add old heat to the heat array
                        }
                        //create a new heat object
                    } else {
                        //create new athlete object and add it to the heat
                        athlete = line.trim().split("\\b\\s{2,}\\b");
                        for (int i = 0; i < athlete.length; i++) {
                            int a = 0;
                            System.out.println(athlete[i]);
                            alHeat.add(athlete);
                        }
                        //System.out.println(line);
                    }
                }
            }
            in.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
 
}[/B]
 
    private static void showAthleteArray (String[]args){
        int sum = 0;
        for (int counter = 0; counter < athlete.length; counter++) {
            System.out.println(counter + "\t" + athlete[counter]);
        }
    }
 
	}

It currently prints out the file with each individual element on a separate line, but I seem unable to store more than the final batch of data O.O;

EDIT: I'd be pretty content just being able to store ALL the individual lines in one array -- but for the love of me, it seems beyond me >.<

**teen-omar** · January 7th, 2010, 06:25 PM

Hey
Ok first of all, clear up your code a bit
Get rid of Line 41-54 so as to be able to read the code cleaner. Next, I ran the code, but i don't seem to see where it makes sense. What's with the line that looks like this : //////////////// ?
and the last line goes from 0-4, but the data next to it just shows the last athlete.
Re-think your steps and try again. You were on the right track (probably still are :p), but try to write a pseudocode so that you don't do other things which are not relevant to your code.

**K0209** · January 7th, 2010, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by teen-omar

Hey
Ok first of all, clear up your code a bit
Get rid of Line 41-54 so as to be able to read the code cleaner. Next, I ran the code, but i don't seem to see where it makes sense. What's with the line that looks like this : //////////////// ?
and the last line goes from 0-4, but the data next to it just shows the last athlete.
Re-think your steps and try again. You were on the right track (probably still are :p), but try to write a pseudocode so that you don't do other things which are not relevant to your code.

Sorry, I put in the ////////////'s to help me break up between methods and such...I must've left some in when I cropped. Unless your referring to the System.out.println("/////////////////"); That was put in place so I could originally see where the 'cut up' file ended and the array began.

With the 0-4, that was part of my ShowArray code, it lists on the left the Array Postion and on the right it shows the value stored... so in that example:

///////////////////// (used to seperate the array print out from the file print out)
0        8
1        425
2        Tyler Christopher
3        CAN
4        45.15

Postion '0' holds the information 8 (lane number), '1' holds 425 (num), '2' Tyler..' (name)...etc.
All I'm trying to get at this point is for it all to store itself as it should (in one array would be fine because then I can still work out the 'winners' of each Heat and print out the relevant data. >.<

This is making my head hurt lol

**teen-omar** · January 7th, 2010, 06:50 PM

lol mine too
hmmm....
you know what I'm seeing? the

alHeat.add(athlete);

is actually not doing anything, which means the athlete array is not being placed into the arraylist (which is why the ArrayList is not being used in your code).
not sure if that helps in any way, but my head is also kinda hurting now:p

**K0209** · January 7th, 2010, 06:57 PM

^Kinda...
I wonder if theres anyway to have the code you originally provided store every bit of 'cut' data in a standard array?
Afterall, it has stored one set of data, even if it stored it all, I would be able to manually sort it.

I just don;t understand why it takes the first lot of data, then overwrites it...therefore only storing the last data entered. I tried manually adjusting the array size to see if this would help and also tried (and failed) to implement a 2D array...but it wouldn;t accept it. **cnfused** lol

Thanks for sticking with this teen-omar, it is greatly appreciated ^^

**teen-omar** · January 7th, 2010, 07:12 PM

Well you see the comment i provided you with in the code should have helped you a little ;-)
ok, think outside the box, take the work your teacher gave you and have a look at it. Try to find any similarities you can and adjust it to your code.
Hope that helps, because if the teacher told you that everything is in that code and you still don't come up with the answer, then you are not to blame, but the teacher

By the way, have you written a test plan for what you are doing? because this will help you a great deal in terms of breaking down the tasks into smaller chunks

**teen-omar** · January 7th, 2010, 07:12 PM

Well you see the comment i provided you with in the code should have helped you a little ;-)
ok, think outside the box, take the work your teacher gave you and have a look at it. Try to find any similarities you can and adjust it to your code.
Hope that helps, because if the teacher told you that everything is in that code and you still don't come up with the answer, then you are not to blame, but the teacher

By the way, have you written a test plan for what you are doing? because this will help you a great deal in terms of breaking down the tasks into smaller chunks

**K0209** · January 7th, 2010, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by teen-omar

Well you see the comment i provided you with in the code should have helped you a little ;-)
ok, think outside the box, take the work your teacher gave you and have a look at it. Try to find any similarities you can and adjust it to your code.
Hope that helps, because if the teacher told you that everything is in that code and you still don't come up with the answer, then you are not to blame, but the teacher

By the way, have you written a test plan for what you are doing? because this will help you a great deal in terms of breaking down the tasks into smaller chunks

Lol I did see the comments and did build upon them somewhat, however I partially thought that you may have removed them from the final product because they didn't work lol

My basic 'idea' of how the code is to work is this...

-request FileName (DONE)
-Open file (DONE)
-Read File and Store as relevant (where I'm stuck)
-Use stored data and print out 3 fastest runners in each heat (simple, when I have it stored)

Naturally this could be in far smaller chunks, but I'm not familiar with the FileReader/BufferedReader/String Splitting etc etc to practically do that >.<

I will take another look, at the afore mentioned code and try and see if I can get it to work -- damn, I was hoping to have had this done by the weekend lol XD

**teen-omar** · January 7th, 2010, 07:39 PM

well the weekend isn't over yet
Try breaking it down into smaller chunks
ok Open file is done no need to look at that.
But let's look closer at the next step.
First we have to make sure that whenever the program sees a Heat (1,2,3 etc) it creates an Array for it, which consists of Athletes.
Then it should skip the next line which says Nat, Num etc.
Then your next line should be read and stored in an array in the form that every data is given its right type i.e. [int num, int lane...] etc.
So visually i would be like: [ HEAT[ATHLETE[Name,Num etc.] ] ]
So kind of like Arrays within Arrays (Hint!) lol
once that is done, all you want is to find the last double (time) and use that as the "tag" of the athlete. Next you are going to sort the Arrays in terms of those "tags" and find in every Heat the 3 fastest. How you're going to do it I don't know :p.
Next you are going to look at the ALL Heats and find the next 3 fastest runners, which means that you are going to have to eliminate the 3 fastest runners from all heats i.e. 21 all together.
Then you add those 3 second fastest runners to the list of the 21 and BAAAMM that's your list :p
Now try to work it out in terms of coding ^_^

**MrE** · January 8th, 2010, 04:45 AM

Ko209, read the blue book that Artie gave you

**teen-omar** · January 8th, 2010, 07:14 AM

Hey MrE, I am assuming you attend the same University as Ko209
any help in doing the project maybe?
let us know so we can put him out of his misery :p

**K0209** · January 8th, 2010, 07:58 AM

@MrE, an identity would be nice to put with the username

As for the Blue Book, I have read it cover to cover. While it outlines it with the account example it contains too many variables specific to the Account program rather than showing 'what the FileReader can do and how to do it', it doesn't give me much information as to how to break it to what I need -- lord knows I've tried

@teen-omar: yes, misery, end it please

lol

Still working on the code, will post it up when I have made changes/hit a wall ^^

**K0209** · January 8th, 2010, 12:29 PM

I've been hitting my head against the wall with this today lol
I've been experimenting with ArrayLists and 2D arrays.

I feel a series of 2D arrays would work more in my favor...because the Array itself could represent an individual heat and that inside could contain Arrays to hold the formatted information from the lines...ie..

Heat 1 [[num, nat, name, time],[num, nat, name, time],[num, nat, name,time]...etc]

I could then arrange the Athletes inside by the value of the time, the ones with the lowest time at postion [0][0] and the ones with the higher ones at [0][arr.length] the end. This way, I could easilt Print the first three values in each array Heat.

Then if I were to arrange THOSE winners by their speed...I could use the Heat arr positions once arranged and 'copy' them into a new arr called...i don;t know...HeatFinalists, then I could arrange them as above and print.

Does that sound about right?
I STILL can't get them to store though. >.<

Method currently working on... BEFORE crazy non-working changes lol

private static void readLine (String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException{
       //it reads the lines and then splits them in seperate lines
        try {
            FileInputStream inStream = new FileInputStream(fileName);
            DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(inStream);
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
            String line;
 
            boolean firstHeat = true;
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                if (!line.equals("")) {
                    if (line.trim().startsWith("Heat")) {
                        if (firstHeat) {
                            firstHeat = false;
                        } else {
                            //add old heat to the heat array
                        }
                        //create a new heat object
                    } else {
                        //create new athlete object and add it to the heat
                        athlete = line.trim().split("\\b\\s{2,}\\b");
                        for (int i = 0; i < athlete.length; i++) {
                        //for (int i = 0; i < athlete.length; i++) {
                            //System.out.println(athlete[i]);
                         }
                       }
                }
            }
            in.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
 
}

**teen-omar** · January 8th, 2010, 06:25 PM

Hey
i see that you haven't made any changes to the current code.

guess you're still stuck
Have you asked MrE if he can give you any more hints than just "looking into the blue book"?
Maybe it does actually reveal something very important and interesting in it.... hmmm

**teen-omar** · January 8th, 2010, 06:41 PM

Hey, I saw that you requested some help for you Java code on another forum

Reading from File and Storing in Array [HELP] - CodeGuru Forums
Seems like the guy who responded could help out, just write out the pseudo code for him so he gets an idea of what's going on. Something like this:
"ok Open file is done no need to look at that.
But let's look closer at the next step.
First we have to make sure that whenever the program sees a Heat (1,2,3 etc) it creates an Array for it, which consists of Athletes.
Then it should skip the next line which says Nat, Num etc.
Then your next line should be read and stored in an array in the form that every data is given its right type i.e. [int num, int lane...] etc.
So visually i would be like: [ HEAT[ATHLETE[Name,Num etc.] ] ]
So kind of like Arrays within Arrays (Hint!) lol
once that is done, all you want is to find the last double (time) and use that as the "tag" of the athlete. Next you are going to sort the Arrays in terms of those "tags" and find in every Heat the 3 fastest. How you're going to do it I don't know :p.
Next you are going to look at the ALL Heats and find the next 3 fastest runners, which means that you are going to have to eliminate the 3 fastest runners from all heats i.e. 21 all together.
Then you add those 3 second fastest runners to the list of the 21 and BAAAMM that's your list"

**MrE** · January 8th, 2010, 06:51 PM

Haha I wish. I'm not even half as far as K0209 is! You're right the blue book is too vague, I just said that to joke with you. I know i'm not very helpful, but you don't mind me sampling bits and pieces do you? i'm a little stuck myself and Tuesday is approaching.

**K0209** · January 10th, 2010, 07:28 AM

Ok, I thought this would work, but it didn't ><

    private static void printFile (String[]args) throws FileNotFoundException{
         //This will Print the file in its entirety.
         try {
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileName));
            String strLine;
            while ((strLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
                System.out.println(strLine);
            }
            br.close();
        } catch (Exception exc) {
            System.err.println("Error: " + exc.getMessage());
        }
    }
 
    private static void readLine (String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException{
       //it reads the lines and then splits them in seperate lines
        try {
            FileInputStream inStream = new FileInputStream(fileName);
            DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(inStream);
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
            String line;
 
            boolean firstHeat = true;
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                if (!line.equals("")) {
                    if (line.trim().startsWith("Heat")) {
                        if (firstHeat) {
                            firstHeat = false;
                        } else {
                            //add old heat to the heat array
                        }
                        //create a new heat object
                    } else {
                        //create new athlete object and add it to the heat
                        String [] athlete = line.trim().split("\\b\\s{2,}\\b");
                        for (int i = 0; i < athlete.length; i++) {
                        //for (int i = 0; i < athlete.length; i++) {
                            //System.out.println(athlete[i]);
                            heatsL.add(athlete);
 
                         }
                       }
                }
            }
            in.close();
            } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
 
}

heatL is a global variable ArrayList.
After ReadLine is executed I try to print the ArrayList and this is what I get O_o

[[Ljava.lang.String;@1034bb5, [Ljava.lang.String;@1034bb5, [Ljava.lang.String;@1034bb5, [Ljava.lang.String;@1034bb5, [Ljava.lang.String;@1034bb5, [Ljava.lang.String;@15f5897, [Ljava.lang.String;@15f5897, [Ljava.lang.String;@15f5897, [Ljava.lang.String;@15f5897, [Ljava.lang.String;@15f5897, [Ljava.lang.String;@b162d5, [Ljava.lang.String;@b162d5, [Ljava.lang.String;@b162d5, [Ljava.lang.String;@b162d5, [Ljava.lang.String;@b162d5, [Ljava.lang.String;@1cfb549, [Ljava.lang.String;@1cfb549, [Ljava.lang.String;@1cfb549, [Ljava.lang.String;@1cfb549, [Ljava.lang.String;@1cfb549, [Ljava.lang.String;@186d4c1, [Ljava.lang.String;@186d4c1, [Ljava.lang.String;@186d4c1, [Ljava.lang.String;@186d4c1, [Ljava.lang.String;@186d4c1, [Ljava.lang.String;@f9f9d8, [Ljava.lang.String;@f9f9d8, [Ljava.lang.String;@f9f9d8, [Ljava.lang.String;@f9f9d8, [Ljava.lang.String;@f9f9d8, [Ljava.lang.String;@1820dda, [Ljava.lang.String;@1820dda, [Ljava.lang.String;@1820dda, [Ljava.lang.String;@1820dda, 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Do I need to convert the ArrayList to a standard Array before I can read the data? O_o

EDIT:

Ok, I converted the ArrayList to an Array...but I still get the same odd values in my array O_o

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    private static void readLine (String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException{
       //it reads the lines and then splits them in seperate lines
        try {
            FileInputStream inStream = new FileInputStream(fileName);
            DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(inStream);
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
            String line;
 
            boolean firstHeat = true;
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                if (!line.equals("")) {
                    if (line.trim().startsWith("Heat")) {
                        if (firstHeat) {
                            firstHeat = false;
                        } else {
                            //add old heat to the heat array
                        }
                        //create a new heat object
                    } else {
 
                        //create new athlete object and add it to the heat
                        athlete = line.trim().split("\\b\\s{2,}\\b");
                        for (int i = 0; i < athlete.length; i++) {
                        //for (int i = 0; i < athlete.length; i++) {
                            //System.out.println(athlete[i]);
                            heatsL.add(athlete);
                        }
                       }
                }
            }
            in.close();
            } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
          Object HeatsArray[] = heatsL.toArray();
 
          int sum = 0;
        System.out.println("Contents of Athlete Array");
        for (int counter = 0; counter < HeatsArray.length; counter++) {
            System.out.println(counter + "\t" + HeatsArray[counter]);
 
 
        }
 
}

Can someone put me out of my misery with this lol!

**K0209** · January 10th, 2010, 11:25 AM

This is my newest Code...

I have methods at the bottom to sort and print the Winners (ArrayList)...I don;t know if they work because I still can't get them to store.

package coursework1;
 
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
//import java.util.ArrayList;
//import java.util.List;
 
public class Main {
    //Golbal variables to be accessed by most of my methods
    static String fileName = "";//The file that the user wants to access
    static String [] athlete; //Used to store each lines info
    static List heatsL = new ArrayList();//This will hold each Athlete Array
 
    public static void main (String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException{
    Main.body(args);
           }
 
    private static void body (String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException{
    //the bulk of the code/calling will go here, so that main is left with
    //as few calls as possible for ease.
        Main.getFileName(args);
        Main.readLine(args);
        //Main.showAthleteArray(args);
                           }
 
    private static void getFileName (String[] args)throws FileNotFoundException{
        InputStreamReader input = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(input);
        System.out.println("Please type your file name (including the Extension): ");
        // read in user input
        try {
            fileName = reader.readLine();
            }
        catch(Exception e){}
        System.out.println("\n====CONFIRMATION====\nFile Name: " + fileName + "\n==END CONFIRMATION==\n\n");
            }
 
    private static void printFile (String[]args) throws FileNotFoundException{
         //This will Print the file in its entirety.
         try {
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileName));
            String strLine;
            while ((strLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
                System.out.println(strLine);
            }
            br.close();
        } catch (Exception exc) {
            System.err.println("Error: " + exc.getMessage());
        }
    }
 
    private static void readLine (String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException{
       //it reads the lines and then splits them in seperate lines
        try {
            FileInputStream inStream = new FileInputStream(fileName);
            DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(inStream);
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
            String line;
 
            // create an array of heats for size 7
            // Heat[] heats = new Heat[7];
            boolean firstHeat = true;
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                if (!line.equals("")) {
                    if (line.trim().startsWith("Heat")) {
                        if (firstHeat) {
                            firstHeat = false;
                        } else {
                            //add old heat to the heat array
                        }
                        //create a new heat object
                    } else {
 
                        //create new athlete object and add it to the heat
                        athlete = line.trim().split("\\b\\s{2,}\\b");
                        for (int i = 0; i < athlete.length; i++) {
                        //for (int i = 0; i < athlete.length; i++) {
                            //System.out.println(athlete[i]);
                            heatsL.add(athlete);
                        }
                       }
                }
            }
            in.close();
            } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
          Object HeatsArray[] = heatsL.toArray();
 
          int sum = 0;
        System.out.println("Contents of Athlete Array");
        for (int counter = 0; counter < HeatsArray.length; counter++) {
            System.out.println(counter + "\t" + HeatsArray[counter]);
        }
 
}
     private static void sortArryList (String[] args){
       Collections.sort(heatsL);  
         }
 
     private static void printWinners (String[]args){
         for (int i =0; i < 21; i++ ){
             heatsL.get(i);
          }
     }
 
}

**MrE** · January 12th, 2010, 10:48 AM

How did your final prduct go K0209?

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