Extract data from file and store into separate ArrayList

[pawarkomal]

Hi,

I have the following data in my text file.

A:itl208:20001
B:itl209:20003

How do I extract each data and store into separate ArrayList?

For eg.
It should extract A,B and store it in ArrayList1.
It should extract itl208,itl209 and store it in ArrayList2.

I am new to Java and do not have any programming experience.
Can anybody help?

[AcousticBruce]

I am new to Java and do not have any programming experience.
Can anybody help?

Zero experience ay? I am assuming you know how to make arrays in Java, am I right?

This question could be really loaded if you do not have "any" experience.

What do you know?
java.io.File; ??
java.util.Scanner;?
arrays??
methods and classes?

YouTube - thenewboston's Channel
tutorial 78,79 and 80 are on File reading and writing.

All the tutorials on that page are good.

[doWhile]

See the API for String (Java Platform SE 6), there are several methods you can use to manipulate strings such as this to pull out the info you want (indexOf, split, etc...)

[goldest]

Hey Komal,

Did you get ahead with this?

Just some pointers, in case if you have not.

1) Use Scanners to read your file. Read it until next line exists.

2) Use String split method to split the contents read by scanner using a regex expression for ":"

3) Use arrays to store the content separated above.

4) Loop through your array and add each element index wise in your ArrayLists.

Read the API documentation links provided in case you need any assistance.

Hope that helps,

Goldest

[quad64bit]

Yeah, people posted some good suggestions - We really need to see what you have so far, and what you have tried already.