Retrieving data from text file and putting it into comboboxes

Hi everyone im stuck with the part on trying to retrieve data from the textfile and then putting it into the combo boxes. I've uploaded my textfile as well. Can i know what's wrong with my code? In my text file there is
Apple,AA
Yahoo,YHOO

What i want to do is i wan to only show the words Apple and then Yahoo in my combo boxes any idea how to do that? Here's my code

Code:

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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;

public class StudNames {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
                ReadFromFile namesOfStocks= new ReadFromFile();
               
                SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
                       
                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                                StockFrame frame = new StockFrame("Stocks List");
                                frame.showGUI();
                        }
                });
        }

}

class StudFrame extends JFrame {
        PanelWithComboBox panel = new PanelWithComboBox();
       
        public StudFrame(String name) {
                setTitle(name);
                setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
                setSize(300,300);
                add(panel);
        }
       
        public void showGUI() {
                setVisible(true);
        }
}

class PanelWithComboBox extends JPanel {
        JComboBox comboBox;
       
        ReadFromFile rff = new ReadFromFile();
       
       
        public PanelWithComboBox() {
                ArrayList<String> listOfStock = rff.getStock("/C:/Java Sem 2/FYP SEM 1/stocklist.txt");
                comboBox = new JComboBox(listOfStock.toArray());
                add(comboBox);
        }
}

class ReadFromFile {
        int indexOfNames = 0;
        ArrayList<String> stockNames = new ArrayList<String>();
       
        public ArrayList<String> getStock(String filename) {
                BufferedReader reader = null;
                try {
                        int positionOfTab = 0;
                        String lineOfString;
                        reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("/C:/Java Sem 2/FYP SEM 1/stocklist.txt"));
                        while((lineOfString = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                                positionOfTab = lineOfString.indexOf('\t');
                               
                                if(positionOfTab > 0)
                                        stockName.add(lineOfString.substring(0, positionOfTab));
                                else
                                        stockName.add("");
                        }
                } catch(FileNotFoundException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                } catch(IOException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                }
               
                return stockName;
        }
}

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I would suggest creating a class which represents what you are reading in. Then create a method which reads the File and returns a List of objects of the class you just created.

Then when you create the ComboBox, just obtain the List and add all the objects to it.

do u mind showing that in example of a code? able to edit my code?

I'll provide the class to represent the data, but I'm not entirely sure what it is being used for so I'll just name it Stock.

Stock Class:

Code:

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public class Stock {
       
        private String name;
       
        private String tickerSymbol;
       
        public Stock(String name, String tickerSymbol) {
                super();
                this.name = name;
                this.tickerSymbol = tickerSymbol;
        }
       
        public String getName() {
                return name;
        }
       
        public String getTickerSymbol() {
                return tickerSymbol;
        }

}

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Now all you have to do is create a method that would read the file and return a List<Stock>. Then use this to populate the ComboBox when you create it.

Is the problem you are having is obtaining the File to read from? Also I notice you are looking for Tab's when the data is comma delimited, not tab delimited. The String's split() method is helpful.