I feel dumb asking this... File reader loop

[Adomini]

Hello everyone! Happy Halloween Weekend!

I am trying to read 10 lines in a text file. I can read the first one, but it wont proceed past the first line! I have tried to put the command to keep going all over the place -- it never works besides reading the first line. Am I missing something too obvious here?

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.*;

public class PhoneError 
{
	
	
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception 
	{
		
		 
		 int area = 0;
		 int validArea = 0;
		 int counter = 0;
		 
		
	 java.io.File file = new java.io.File("phone_numbers.txt");
	 
	 
		Scanner scan = new Scanner(file);
		
		
		 /**** this gets the first line, as it should ****/

			String number = scan.nextLine();
		 
	 
	
	 
	    if( !(number.length() == 10))
	   {
		   System.out.println("not valid phone number");
	   }
	    
	   else  
	     
	   {
		 area = Integer.parseInt(number.substring(0, 3));
	     
		 
		  validArea =+ 1;
		  
		  
		  
		  if( validArea >=1 )
		  {
			  
			  System.out.println("valid area code is " + area);
			  
			  counter=+1;

		  System.out.println(counter);
		 
            /****I have put the below line all over this code - nothing works to have it read the next line!  *******/
                               
		  number = scan.nextLine();
	   }
		  
	}
	    
 }
		
}

[pbrockway2]

/****I have put the below line all over this code - nothing works to have it read the next line!  *******/
                               
		  number = scan.nextLine();

Depending on what you want to do the line shuld probably go after the if-else blcoks have finished.

You can use System.out.println("number="+number) after each of the nextLine() calls to see what you have actually read. Check this with the contents of the file.

[joshdgreen]

You need to create a loop of some sort that goes until the file has no more lines.

[Honopac]

Here is what you need:

Put your codes inside a while loop so that your program will keep executing as long as the file has more data to read.

while(scan.hasNext())
{

put your codes here

}

[joshdgreen]

Here is what you need:

Put your codes inside a while loop so that your program will keep executing as long as the file has more data to read.

while(scan.hasNext())
{

put your codes here

}

Well...now that Hanopac has just given you the answer lol.

[Adomini]

Sorry for the delayed response.

Funny thing is that I put the while loop previously, but in the wrong place. I took it out to see what the error was. I honestly thought that I messed up with the scanner import or declaration.

Thanks for everything.