Thread: reading i n a text file

i need some help with trying to read in a text file. the directions are:
A line that starts with # is a comment line. Comment lines and empty lines should be ignored.
Each course occupies one line. Each course has three fields: course code, course title, and prerequisites. Fields are separated by comma, and prerequisites are separated by white space(s). Note that some courses like CS120 do not have prerequisites.

i cant get it to work at all , for some reason the splits dont work and i dont know how to make it read in 3 fields. This is the final part of my project thats due in 2 hours and ive been at trying to get it to work since last night . im stumped, ive done simple readin files but none this complicated.

 
List<Courses> entries = new ArrayList<Courses>();
 
 
 
 
		  BufferedReader br = null;
 
		  try {
 
		 String string;
		 String[] array;
 
		  br = new BufferedReader( new FileReader(
		  getServletContext().getRealPath("/WEB-INF/undergrad_courses.txt")));
 
		  while ((string = br.readLine()) != null) {
			  if(string.startsWith("#")) {
				  continue; 
				  }
 
 
		string.split(",").toString(); string.split(" "); entries.add(string");
 
		  System.out.println(string); }
 
		  } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally { try { if
		  (br != null) br.close(); } catch (IOException ex) {
		  ex.printStackTrace(); } }

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