array problem

[jabo]

Hi i have a question on this problem ive been working on.
I am trying to get the program to read in Strings line by line and count the number of awards a person has.
the text the program is reading is:

Bob Johnson
Peace Prize, 1989
Purple Heart, 1954
Bryce Webb
Silver Medal, 2009
Heisman, 1963
Grammy Award, 2010
Academy Award, 2008
Casey Hollingsworth
Final Four, 2007
Gold Medal, 2009
Bronze Medal, 2009

String str;
		int count = 0;
        int[] counts = new int[3];
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
                  new StringReader(awardWinners.toString()));
       
    	for(int y = 0; y< counts.length ; y++){
    		while((str = reader.readLine()) != null){
    			int x = str.indexOf(", ");
    			if(x != -1)
    				count++;
    			else{
    				count = 0;
    			}
					counts[y] = count;
					
    				System.out.println(Arrays.toString(counts));

    		}
    	}

the code creates array of 3 integers and everytime a comma appears the count goes up and when it meets a name(no comma) it resets back to 0 and should move to the next array but
when i run it, it prints out

[0, 0, 0, 0, 0]

[1, 0, 0, 0, 0]

[2, 0, 0, 0, 0]

[0, 0, 0, 0, 0]

[1, 0, 0, 0, 0]

[2, 0, 0, 0, 0]

[3, 0, 0, 0, 0]

[4, 0, 0, 0, 0]

[0, 0, 0, 0, 0]

[1, 0, 0, 0, 0]

[2, 0, 0, 0, 0]

[3, 0, 0, 0, 0]

i cant get the count to go to the next array.
what do you guys suggest?
thanks!

[JosAH]

You're reading your entire file in the first pass of your outermost loop; get rid of that loop and 'manually' increment y:

int y= -1; // the number to increment
while((str = reader.readLine()) != null){ // read the entire file
  int x = str.indexOf(", ");
  if(x != -1)
     counts[y]++;
  else{
     y++; // next numbers to read
     counts[y] = 0;
   }
   System.out.println(Arrays.toString(counts));
}

kind regards,

Jos

[jabo]

you were right!
thank you