Reading text file

[Lennon-Guru]

Hello,

I have to read a text file, which the first line contains 2 numbers (integers) and then assign these to variables.

Here's the first few lines of the text file:

25 100
SEND 2228161 Hello Pete
RECEIVE 2228161 Hello Chris, how are you?
SEND 2227765 I hate text speak
RECEIVE 2228876 wot u on bout
SEND 2227975 The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog

Would I use the String.parseInt(value1) like this

sizeOfMessage = value1;

and String.parseInt(value2)

sizeOfBox

I then have to go on and read different String lines like SEND and RECEIVE
where I have used the if (line.startsWith("SEND")

Thanks for your help

[hardwired]

You could try something like this (in pseudo code):

Code:

Scanner scanner = new Scanner(yourFile);
String line = scanner.nextLine();
String[] data = line.split("\\s");
// Check what we have here:
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(data));
int sizeOfMessage = Integer.parseInt(data[0]);
int sizeOfBox = Integer.parseInt(data[1]);
// carry on reading...