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    Default Need help with File input .

    Hello ,
    I have this fun assignment not for a grade i have to do , I am suppose to read the offering and prices of a restaurant menu from a file like this one

    Blueberry Muffins   $0.85
    Chocolate Brownie   $1.75
    French Toast        $2.25
    Strawberry Bagels   $0.80
    Lite Yogurt         $0.75
    Vanilla Ice Cream   $2.75
    Hash Browns         $2.50
    Toast               $2.00
    French Fries        $1.50
    Onion Soup          $3.00
    Coffee              $0.90
    Croissant           $0.75
    Iced Tea            $1.00
    Hot Chocolate       $1.75
    Food                $2.50
     
     Thank you for your business

    Then Sort the menu in alphabetic order, calculate the items prices and add a sale tax of 6% but also a local tax of 1% , then the program is suppose to read the greeting line such as << Thank you for your business >> from the file input and produce a day end report .

    Done so far
    I have the input and prices sorted on the left panel , I also have the day end report , the local and state tax set

    What I have left
    - For right now I have the prices saved in a array of static double instead of reading from a file
    -Input the prices and offerings when selected in the right pane in order to calculate the subtotal price and add to both taxes in order to have the total price
    - As of right now I have the program reading the greeting from a different file but would like to only use one file .

    Code

    public class remet extends JFrame implements ActionListener 
     
    {
     static double[] yourChoicesPrices = 
                  {0.85, 0.80, 0.75, 2.75,
                  2.50, 2.00, 1.50, 3.00,
                0.90, 1.00, 2.00,2.55,2.75,.75};
     
       private JList yourChoices;
       private  JTextArea  bill;
       double LocalTax = 0.010;
       double StateTax = 0.060;
       double TotalTax =0;
       double subTotal = 0;
       double total;
       private Container pane;
     
     
     
       public remet() throws IOException
     
       {
     
          super("Welcome to The Gourmet");
     
     
      	// File Input 
          // Display menu on the left pane
    		FileInputStream inFile = new FileInputStream("C://menu.txt");
    		DataInputStream menu = new DataInputStream(inFile);
    		BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(menu));
    		String Menu;
    		ArrayList<String> MenuItems = new ArrayList<String>();
    		while ((Menu = br.readLine()) != null)   {
    		    MenuItems.add(Menu);
    		}
     
     
    		String[] yourChoicesItems = new String[MenuItems.size()];
      	yourChoicesItems = MenuItems.toArray(yourChoicesItems);
    		menu.close();
    for (int i=0 ;i <yourChoicesItems.length;i++)
    		System.out.println();
    		for (int i=0; i<yourChoicesItems.length -2; i++){
    			for (int j=yourChoicesItems.length-2; j>=i;j--){
    				if (yourChoicesItems[j].compareTo(yourChoicesItems[j+1])>0){
    					String temp =yourChoicesItems [j];
    					yourChoicesItems[j]=yourChoicesItems[j+1];
    					yourChoicesItems[j+1]=temp;
    				}
    			}
    		}
     
             //Get the content pane and set its background color
             //and layout manager.
          pane = getContentPane();
          pane.setBackground(new Color(0, 200, 200));
          pane.setLayout(new BorderLayout(5, 5));
     
              //Create a label and place it at NORTH. Also
              //set the font of this label.
          JLabel yourChoicesJLabel = new JLabel("A LA CARTE MENU");
          pane.add(yourChoicesJLabel,BorderLayout.NORTH);
          yourChoicesJLabel.setFont(new Font("Dialog",Font.BOLD,20));
          yourChoices = new JList(yourChoicesItems);
          pane.add(new JScrollPane (yourChoices),BorderLayout.WEST);
          yourChoices.setFont(new Font("Courier",Font.BOLD,14));
     
              //Create a text area and place it at EAST. Also
              //set the font of this text area.
     
        bill = new JTextArea();
          JScrollPane Scrollbill = new JScrollPane(bill);
          Scrollbill.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
          pane.add(Scrollbill,BorderLayout.EAST);
          bill.setFont(new Font("Courier",Font.PLAIN,12));
     
              //Create a button and place it in the SOUTH region and
              //add an action listener.
          JButton button = new JButton("Selection Completed");
          pane.add(button,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
          button.addActionListener(this);
          ///
          setSize(500, 360);
          setVisible(true);
          setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
       }
     
               //Method to display the order and the total cost.
       private void displayBill() throws IOException
       {
     
          int[] listArray = yourChoices.getSelectedIndices();
     
          /// This is the second input to get the items  
          FileInputStream inFile1 = new FileInputStream("" +
          		"C://menu.txt");
    		DataInputStream menu = new DataInputStream(inFile1);
    		BufferedReader br1 = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(menu));
    		String menuText;
    		ArrayList<String> menuItems = new ArrayList<String>();
    		while ((menuText = br1.readLine()) != null)   {
    		    menuItems.add(menuText);
    		}
    		String[] yourChoicesItems = new String[menuItems.size()];
      	yourChoicesItems = menuItems.toArray(yourChoicesItems);
    		menu.close();
     
             //Set the text area to non-edit mode and start
             //with an empty string.
          bill.setEditable(false);
          bill.setText("");
     
              //Calculate the cost of the items ordered.
          for (int index = 0; index < listArray.length; index++)
              subTotal = subTotal
                         + yourChoicesPrices[listArray[index]];
     
          LocalTax = LocalTax * subTotal;
          StateTax = StateTax* subTotal;
          TotalTax = LocalTax + StateTax;
          total = subTotal + LocalTax + StateTax;
     
              //Display the costs.
          bill.append("           THE GOURMET\n\n");
          bill.append("--------------- Welcome ----------------\n\n");
     
          for (int index = 0; index < listArray.length; index++)
          {
             bill.append(yourChoicesItems[listArray[index]] + "\n");
             bill.append(yourChoicesPrices[listArray[index]] + "\n");
          }
     
          bill.append("\n");
          bill.append("SUB TOTAL\t\t$"
                     + String.format("%.2f", subTotal) + "\n");
          bill.append("Local Tax      \t\t$"
                     + String.format("%.2f", LocalTax) + "\n");
          bill.append("State Tax      \t\t$"
                  + String.format("%.2f", StateTax) + "\n");
          bill.append("TOTAL    \t\t$"
                     + String.format("%.2f", total) + "\n\n");
    		FileInputStream inFile  = new FileInputStream ("c:\\thankyou.txt");
          DataInputStream Menu = new DataInputStream(inFile);
          BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader (Menu));
          String MenuAll;
          while ((MenuAll= br.readLine()) != null) {
          bill.append(MenuAll+"\n\n" );
         }
         Menu.close();
     
              //Reset list array.
     
          yourChoices.clearSelection();
     
          repaint();
       }
       //Make Report for the day 
       private void Report()
       {
    	   PrintWriter outFile = null;
    	try {
    		outFile = new
    					PrintWriter("c:\\Day-End Report.txt");
    	} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
    		// TODO Auto-generated catch block
    		e.printStackTrace();
    	}
     
    outFile.printf("Sales Tax Collected:     $%.2f %n" ,TotalTax );
    outFile.printf("Total Sales:     $%.2f %n" , total ); 
     
     
    outFile.close();	
     
       }
       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
       {
          if(event.getActionCommand().equals("Selection Completed"))
    		try {
    			displayBill();
    		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
    			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
    			e.printStackTrace();
    		} catch (IOException e) {
    			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
    			e.printStackTrace();
    		}
              Report();
     
       }
     
       public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException 
       {
          remet alc = new remet();
       }
    }

    Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks
    Last edited by mael331; March 12th, 2012 at 05:06 PM.


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    Default Re: File Input Trouble

    Do you have any specific questions about what you are trying to do?

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    Default Re: File Input Trouble

    Thanks for your reply , i am trying to read the items and prices from the input file into the program so I can calculate the subtotal then the total price .

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    Default Re: File Input Trouble

    The Scanner class can be used for reading text files. Use the constructor that takes a File object and use one of the next methods to read in the lines from the file.
    If all the $ amounts are in the same column you could use the String class's substring method to get them.

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    Default Re: File Input Trouble

    I don't really want to use the scanner class because I have no idea how I can implement it to display the items and prices also I want the prices to be double how can I convert the prices from String to double in the program ?

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    Default Re: File Input Trouble

    I don't really want to use the scanner class
    Then look at using the BufferedReader class. It can read the lines from the file as Strings.
    how can I convert the prices from String to double
    Look at the Double class. It has a parse method for doing that.

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