Thread: hi, i am finding dificulties understanding this question pls help

Write a program in Java that will take in two files file as parameters and generate a series of files depending on how many records are in the 2nd file.
Copies of the two files are in Appendix A & Appendix B

Appendix A
File 1
SOFTPLUS
2 Sangarah Close
Labone
P.O. Box 3856
Accra North

Dear ???,

RE: Graduate Entry Placement
Thank you for applying for the position of ???? at SOFTPLUS in our ???? department. SOFTPLUS will like to invite you to attend an interview for the position. Your interview will be scheduled for ????. Please bring your CV. After your formal interview you would be required to sit a 1hr technical paper.
Please contact our Human Resources department if you have any problems or require further information.

Yours Sincerely
quojo


Appendix B
File 2
John Diamond, Oracle Dba, System Admin , May 21 2014
William Nettey, Junior Developer , IT Support , May 21 2014
Janet Owusu , Business Analyst , Credits , May 28 2014
Kofi Neequaye, Linux Administrator, , System Admin , May 21 2014
Naa-Dei Thompson, Business Analst, Risks, May 28 2014

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
//import java.io.BufferedReader;

public class file {

public static void main(String[] args) {

//File fileA =null;
// File fileB =null;

try{

String Awords = " This is the life ";

String Bwords = " The jave rock the life ";


File fileA = new File("Appx A.txt");
File fileB = new File("Appx B.txt");

if(fileA.createNewFile()& fileB.createNewFile())
System.out.println("Success!");
else
System.out.println
("Error, file already exists.");

FileWriter riteA = new FileWriter(fileA.getAbsoluteFile());
FileWriter riteB = new FileWriter(fileB.getAbsoluteFile());

BufferedWriter Arite = new BufferedWriter(riteA);
BufferedWriter Brite = new BufferedWriter(riteB);

Arite.write(Awords);
Brite.write(Bwords);

Arite.close():
Brite.close();

}
catch(IOException ioe) {
ioe.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

sorry about the typing mistake pls

The assignment is to read two files, one the form letter template and the other the data that is to be merged into the letter template. The skills required are to read the files, merge the data read from the files, and generate the letters, either output to another file or files or to the screen. Which of these skills do you need help with? Show what you've tried for any of the necessary steps.

i have updated it with the codes i wrote but am not getting the merging part
pls check and help me out
i want to merge AppxB with AppxA

There are several approaches, and coding each of them will depend to some degree on how you've stored the file that contains the body of the message or the letter.

In general:

1. Read the file that contains the body of the letter and store it in a convenient way. The definition of "convenient" may depend on what you choose to do next.

2. Identify the '????' strings in the body of the message and replace each one in order with the 4 items in a single line of data items read from the second file.

3. Output or save the result.

4. Repeat until the end of the second file (the data) has been reached.

how will i do that
i wanted to use the file input and file output stream but dont know how to do that

Use buffered file reader and writer and the String methods. You can find further info on both of those by searching for tutorials and using the appropriate API pages. You may also have info in your textbook and class notes or lectures that you can refer to. It should not be the first time you are seeing these topics, and if it is, then there's something wrong that we can't fix.