Can't find file?

[rockgardenlove]

Hi, I'm trying to read lines from a text file using file and a scanner objects. According to my Java book this should be right, but it doesn't work.
I've tried placing the file in multiple directories, including the folder the project is in as well as other locations. I've also done static locations not specified by a variable.


The file is meant to read names and scores from a list of first and last name and int score line by line. That's not really important however, as I can't even read the file I need to.
Here's my code:

   import java.io.*;
   import java.util.*;
   public class TestScoreReader {
   
      public static void main (String[] args)
      { 
      //creates keyboard scanner
         Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
         //prints directory file should be in
         System.out.println ("Working directory = " + System.getProperty("user.dir"));
         // prompts for file name
         System.out.println("Enter name of file with one 'firstname lastname %score' entry per line:");
         String fileName = in.nextLine();
         //prompts for name of requested average
         System.out.println("Enter name average is requested of:");
         String name = in.nextLine();
      	
         try 
         {
         /*
            FileInputStream fstream = new FileInputStream(fileName);
            DataInputStream instream = new DataInputStream(fstream);
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(instream));
         */
         
         //File inputFile = new File("C:\\"+fileName);
            File inputFile = new File("data.txt");
         
            Scanner fileIn = new Scanner(inputFile);
         
         	
            String rawString;
            String listName;
            int i;
            String scoreString;
            int score;
            int sum=0;
            int scores=0;
            double avg = 0;
         	
         	
         	
         	
         	
         	
            //while (br.readLine() != null)
            // uses test string instead of file load
            
            while (fileIn.hasNextLine()) 
            {
               //rawString=br.readLine();
               rawString = fileIn.nextLine();
            	//subsect string
               i=0;
               while (!Character.isDigit(rawString.charAt(i)))
               {
                  i++;// increment counter until a digit is found
               }
               listName = rawString.substring(0,i);// trims name to limit of i
               listName = listName.trim();//takes off any spaces after name
               scoreString = rawString.substring(i);//takes all numbers i and up, trims, converts to int
               score = Integer.parseInt(scoreString.trim());
            //if name from the file equals desired name
               if (listName.equals(name))
               {
                  sum=sum+score;// add score to sum
                  scores++;// increase count of scores
               }
            }
         //calculates average
            avg = (double)sum / (double)scores;
         //prints
            System.out.println(avg);
         
         
            //instream.close();
         }
         
            catch (Exception e)
            {
               e.printStackTrace();
            }
      }
   }

Thanks much for any help!

[RamyaSivakanth]

//Just check file exist is printing true or not using
//inputFile.exists() after this line before passing to scanner.
File inputFile = new File("data.txt");

[rockgardenlove]

Thanks for the response, but even when I'm positive the input file does exist, it still isn't found.

Any ideas?

[j2me64]

Any ideas?

yes, if you define your File with new File("data.txt") the file will be searched in the project root. i made a test and put a file data.txt in my project root and after

System.out.println(inputFile.exists());

true was printed.

[rockgardenlove]

With my file I still get false!?
Did you use my exact code?
Here's the stack trace:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: data.txt (The system cannot find the file specified)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.jav a:106)
at java.util.Scanner.<init>(Scanner.java:636)
at TestScoreReader.main(TestScoreReader.java:30)

[quad64bit]

You might try a couple things. First, make a new file in this manner:

File file = new File("myFile.txt");

And then put the myFile.txt into the same folder as the project. If you are using eclipse or netbeans, just drop it in the project folder itself. If doing this manually, put it in the same folder as the .class files.
Now try your file.exists();

If you want the flexibility of opening a file from anywhere, look at the JFileChooser. It allows you to show a chooser, select a file in a file browser, and then get the selected file from the chooser.

[rockgardenlove]

So it works on the school computers but not mine...weird?