Reading a file into arrays

tackleberi

hi, im having some trouble reading a file into java and then storing it in an array here the code i have so far:

thanks

also it says that i can't make a static referance to a non-static field j and i. i dont understand what this means.

Nov 8 '07 #1

r035198x

hi, im having some trouble reading a file into java and then storing it in an array here the code i have so far:

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.util.Scanner;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class samplecode {


int i = 0;
int j = 0;

public static void main(String[] args) {

double [][] data = new double [24][4]; //declaring array

Scanner sc = new Scanner("sampledata.txt");//reading in data

while(sc.hasNextDouble()){ //reading data from file
sc.nextDouble();


while ( j < 24){ //outer loop for columns

while (i <4){ //inner loop for rows
i++;
}
j++;

}

}

}

}
thanks

also it says that i can't make a static referance to a non-static field j and i. i dont understand what this means.

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Nov 8 '07 #2

Ganon11

I see you reading data just fine with a loop involving your scanner. I also see two nested while loops that will properly iterate through a double[][] array. What I don't see is:

1) any use of the array inside your loops.
2) you reading the doubles from your Scanner into anything.

All your second set of loops does is increment i and j. Oh, and since you never reset j's value, the second time your code gets to that loop, the check will fail immediately. This is why for loops are usually used to iterate over arrays.

Basically, you've got all the pieces there - why haven't you put them all together?

Nov 8 '07 #3

tackleberi

I see you reading data just fine with a loop involving your scanner. I also see two nested while loops that will properly iterate through a double[][] array. What I don't see is:

1) any use of the array inside your loops.
2) you reading the doubles from your Scanner into anything.

All your second set of loops does is increment i and j. Oh, and since you never reset j's value, the second time your code gets to that loop, the check will fail immediately. This is why for loops are usually used to iterate over arrays.

Basically, you've got all the pieces there - why haven't you put them all together?

I'm not sure how to put them together. How do I get the file into the array? I'm trying to use the i and j to put the information in to the array. The file is made up of user ids, item ids and the rating the user has for each item. The file starts like this: 1 1 1 881250949
1 2 5 881250949
1 4 2 881250949 ect

Nov 8 '07 #4

r035198x

I'm not sure how to put them together. How do I get the file into the array? I'm trying to use the i and j to put the information in to the array. The file is made up of user ids, item ids and the rating the user has for each item. The file starts like this: 1 1 1 881250949
1 2 5 881250949
1 4 2 881250949 ect

Why not have a User class with user id and Map <Integer (itemID), Integer(rating)> as attributes.
Then you can read the file data into User objects that you store in an ArrayList<User>

Nov 8 '07 #5

tackleberi

Why not have a User class with user id and Map <Integer (itemID), Integer(rating)> as attributes.
Then you can read the file data into User objects that you store in an ArrayList<User>

That sound really hard. We've havn't done anything like that in our lectures.

Nov 8 '07 #6

r035198x

That sound really hard. We've havn't done anything like that in our lectures.

No it's not. 90% of learning Java should be learning good design. I'm not saying the approach I suggested is the best approach, but I'm showing you some clean ways of solving programs using Java.
The User class is not difficult to make (surely you've done classes before?). Start with that. Help is always available here.
The only "new" thing you might learn is how to use the Map but that is point of assignments anyway.

Nov 8 '07 #7

tackleberi

No it's not. 90% of learning Java should be learning good design. I'm not saying the approach I suggested is the best approach, but I'm showing you some clean ways of solving programs using Java.
The User class is not difficult to make (surely you've done classes before?). Start with that. Help is always available here.
The only "new" thing you might learn is how to use the Map but that is point of assignments anyway.

Cool, il try that so. Thanks

Nov 8 '07 #8