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Dakota Spencer
Dakota Spencer

Reputation: 37

Reading a text file with strings and integers and testing it based on value (Java)

Here is what I would like to do. I want to create a simple text file with one string and one integer and have my program read from it in this format:

name 3
name2 4
name5 5

Just a string separated by a space and then an integer.

This is for a ranking system, so basically it takes the username of the member and sets their rank to the int, such as:

if (username.toLowerCase() == (stringFromFile)) {
rank = (rankFromFile)
}

I just cannot find anything on how to read multiple strings and ints from a file but test each one separately.

Here is the way I am doing it right now but I don't like how it looks in the code, so I would like to store the usernames elsewhere.

    private void RankLoad() {
    switch(username.toLowerCase()){
        case "example":
            rank = 3;
        break;
        case "example1":
            rank = 0;
        break;
        case "example2":
            rank = 0;
        break;
        case "example3":
            rank = 0;
        break;
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 132

Answers (3)

Dakota Spencer
Dakota Spencer

Reputation: 37

OP here, this is how I ended up doing it and I tested it and it works, if anyone has any suggestions I appreciate constructive criticism. Thanks

    public void readStaff() throws FileNotFoundException{
    Scanner input = new Scanner(new File("stafflist.txt"));
    String player;
    int rank;
    while (input.hasNextLine()) {
        player = input.next();
        rank = input.nextInt();
    if (player.equals(username.toLowerCase())){
            rights = rank;
            } else {
                rights = 0;}}}

private void StaffLoad() {
    try { readStaff(); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        System.out.println("Cannot Find stafflist.txt"); }}

Upvotes: 0

mic4ael
mic4ael

Reputation: 8300

use something like this Scanner scanner = new Scanner (new File("your_file.txt")); scanner.useDelimiter(" "); and then while(scanner.hasNext()) {scanner.next() // use it to retrieve next value}

Upvotes: 0

brso05
brso05

Reputation: 13222

Use a Scanner and read the file line by line. Then split the line by spaces: line.split(" "); Then parse the int which will be [1] of the array. Now you have your data parsed out so you can use it however you want...

Upvotes: 1

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