reading textfile from java problem

[saytri]

I have this problem, where i am saving the answers of a set of questions in an array. The questions are stored in a textfile. However i wish to store the answers also in a textfile instead of in an array, but my problem is how am i going to compare these answers stored in the textfile to the answer enterd by the user?

This is the code:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.awt.image.*;
import javax.imageio.*;


 
public class GQ extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
    private static final int FRAME_WIDTH = 1024;
    private static final int FRAME_HEIGHT = 768;
    private static final int FRAME_X_ORIGIN = 0;
    private static final int FRAME_Y_ORIGIN = 0;
    
    private JLabel prompt;
    private JPanel image;
    private JLabel response;
    private JMenu  fileMenu;
    private JMenu  HelpMenu;
    private JMenu  OptionMenu;
    
    AnswerStore answerStore = new AnswerStore();
    boolean timeForMore;
  
	
  public GQ() {
        
      
        Container contentPane;  
        contentPane = getContentPane();

        JButton button1, button2, button3, button4, button5;
        
        setSize (FRAME_WIDTH, FRAME_HEIGHT);
        setTitle("Geography Quiz");
        setLocation(FRAME_X_ORIGIN, FRAME_Y_ORIGIN);
        
        createFileMenu();
        createHelpMenu();
        createOptionMenu();

        
        JMenuBar menuBar= new JMenuBar();
        setJMenuBar(menuBar);
        menuBar.add(fileMenu);
        menuBar.add(HelpMenu);
        menuBar.add(OptionMenu);
    
        response=new JLabel();
        response.setBounds(50, 50, 250, 50);
        contentPane.add(response);
        
        response=new JLabel();
        response.setBounds(50, 50, 250, 50);
        contentPane.add(response);
        
        button1 = new JButton("Plate Tectonics");
        button2 = new JButton("Rivers");
        button3 = new JButton("Rocks");
        button4 = new JButton("Quit");
        
        button1.setBounds(350,225,300,50);
        button2.setBounds(350,325,300,50);
        button3.setBounds(350,425,300,50);
        button4.setBounds(350,525,300,50);
        
       
        prompt = new JLabel( );

        prompt.setText("Geography Quiz");
        prompt.setSize(900,50);
        prompt.setLocation(350,30);
        prompt.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman", Font.BOLD, 40));
        prompt.setForeground(Color.red);
        contentPane.add(prompt);
        
        prompt = new JLabel( );

        prompt.setText("Choose any of the following:");

        prompt.setSize(900,80);

        prompt.setLocation(325,100);
        
        prompt.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman", Font.BOLD, 30));
        
        contentPane.add(prompt);

 
        contentPane.add(button1);
        contentPane.add(button2);
        contentPane.add(button3);
        contentPane.add(button4);
    
        button1.addActionListener(this);
        button1.setActionCommand("b1");
        button2.addActionListener(this);
        button2.setActionCommand("b2");
        button3.addActionListener(this);
        button3.setActionCommand("b3");
        button4.addActionListener(this);
        button4.setActionCommand("b4");
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

      
		
    }
    
    public static void main (String[] args) {
        
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "This is a Geography Quiz");
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Good Luck");
 
        
            GQ frame = new GQ();
            frame.setVisible(true);
           
            new GQ();
            GQ File = new GQ();
            
      }
 
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
        String menuName;
        
    private String[] readFile(String path) {
        Scanner s = null;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        String separator = "\n";
        try {
            s = new Scanner(new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path)));

            while (s.hasNextLine()) {
                sb.append(s.nextLine() + separator);

            }
        } catch(IOException e) {
            System.out.println("read error: " + e.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (s != null) 
                s.close(); // or break

        }
        
        return sb.toString().split("\\n");
    }
 
    public void askQuestions(String[] questions, String[] answers) {
      
        int count = 0;
        int point = 0;
        
        
       for(int j = 0; j < questions.length; j++) {
            
           timeForMore = true;
           String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, questions[j]); // shows questions in a dialog box together with input line
          
            if(answers[j].equals(input))
              { 
                
                count++;  // incrementing counter if entered answer is correct
                point++;
             }
            
             
             
             
             if(!timeForMore) // if time is over, the program executes the loop an stops asking questions.
                break; 
     }
         
            
         
            
             
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You answered " + count +
                                      " out of " + questions.length +
                                      " questions correctly.");
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Your Geography Quiz score is " + ((point*100)/10) + " &#37; ");
           
           
                               }
    
           
           if(point>=0 && point<=3)
          {
             
              JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You need to Improve");
           }
           
           
         if(point>=4 && point<=7)
          {
             
              JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Good");
           }
           
           if(point>=8 && point<=10)
          {
             
              JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You did Great");
           }
           
       
         
          
      }
      
      public static String getSpace(int length){
		String str = "";
		for(int i = 0 ; i < length ; i++	){
			str = str + " " ;
			 
    
		}
		return str ;
	}
	
	


class AnswerStore  {  // storing answers of each quiz in arrays
    String[] tectonicAnswers = {
        "Hellenic", "destructive", "100km", "Italy", "Wegner",
        "Mariana", "Sicily", "created", "constructive", "Mediterranean", "jjj",
        "jjj", "jjj"
    };
    
    String[] riverAnswers = {
        "Gorges", "Meanders", "Levees", "Yes", "Less Economic Developed Countries",
        "crescent shaped lakes", "More Economic Developed Countries", "No", "River Discharge", "No", "",
        "", ""
    };
    
    String[] rockAnswers = {
        "40km", "Igneous Rock", "Sedimentary", "Basalt", "Organic",
        "pressure", "Oolites", "Igneous", "dark black", "basalt", "",
        "", ""
    };


     }

}

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