JAVA grading program

[tomshorts07]

hey everyone, i'm new to JAVA, and i'm trying to make a program that takes a .txt file with the format

10 4 2 2 3 1 5 4 2 4 4
Joe, 4 4 1 3 2 5 4 2 4 3
Mary, 4 2 2 3 2 5 3 2 4 4
Fred, 3 2 2 3 1 5 4 2 4 4

***(the first line is the 'answer key'; the first number indicates the total number of answers, and the numbers that follow are the 'correct' answers.
the lines following the 'answer key' are the students answers.)***

the program that i am trying to make involves using arrays to compare the 'answer key' to the students answers, and then return a statement along the lines of

Joe, 60%
Mary, 80%
Fred, 90%

i need to use an array for the answer key and the comparisons, because the number of questions change frequently

any help with this project would be GREATLY appreciated

[BigDaddyLH]

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[tomshorts07]

i understand-
the main problem that i am having with the program is the java.io.* functions?

i cant figure out how to compose the code to make the program read the file and create the array

im sorry, i should have specified this in the first post

if anyone can help me figure out just simply how to create the arrays from the .txt file, i should be fine from there!

THANKS A TON!

[sukatoa]

i understand-
the main problem that i am having with the program is the java.io.* functions?

i cant figure out how to compose the code to make the program read the file and create the array

im sorry, i should have specified this in the first post

if anyone can help me figure out just simply how to create the arrays from the .txt file, i should be fine from there!

THANKS A TON!

Well, you could start to Read Scanner class....

if test.txt has a content "1 2 3 4 5"..

Here is the example,

int x = 0;
        String array[] = new String[6];
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(new File("test.txt"));
        while(scan.hasNext()){
            array[x] = scan.next();
            x++;
        }scan.close();

After some experiments on it, Have a look at FileReader.....

regards,
sukatoa