Using scanner method with Split

[ubuntu_jdk]

Hi guys,

I am trying to make a GUI program which opens a specific TXT (JFileChooser) and I am using Scanner to Read the TXT file. So far so good, now I want to implement the Split(" "); method to split lines with space and throw them in a Array. Here is where my problem begins.

The reason I want to use Split is because I want to manipulate the numbers, like add them all together to a SUM.

The TXT files looks like this:

JHJHDFJ 2621646
KJSKFSd 4564123
JHSDGdf 1546545
SDFKBN  156545
NAME     NUMBER
..........   ........

The Code:

btnFile.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
				
	            JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser("C:\\");
	            chooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_ONLY);

	            FileNameExtensionFilter filter = new FileNameExtensionFilter(
	            " Only .txt", "txt");
	            chooser.setFileFilter(filter);


	            int code = chooser.showOpenDialog(null);
	            if (code == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
	            File selectedFile = chooser.getSelectedFile();
	            Scanner input;
				try {
					input = new Scanner(selectedFile);
					
					
					String line = null;
					String name = null;
					String number = null;
				
					
			|||||||->		while (input.hasNextLine()){
						
						line = input.nextLine();
						
						String[] splits = line.split(" ");
						
						name = splits[0];
						number = splits[1];
						
						System.out.println(name);
						System.out.println(number);		
					}                                                 <-|||||||
					
					
					
					input.close();
		            
					} 
					 catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
					// TODO Auto-generated catch block
					e.printStackTrace();
				}              	

	}
	            }

I am not sure about my while loop and how to implement Split so it displays NAME \n NUMBER succesfully in the CONSOLE, and how I can use NUMBER and calculate the sum of all numbers and display it in CONSOLE.

Its my first time working with Scanner and Split method so maybe I didnt get the basics right. Can anyone please guide me in the right direction?

Thanks.

[wsaryada]

Is your text file contents formatted in a fixed-length column? I see in the example you post that the number is aligned at a specific column. If that you can use substring instead of split.

[ubuntu_jdk]

No it can vary. Its also an assignment so it has to be the Split method.

[Tolls]

For summing the numbers you need to have somewhere to hold your ongoing total as you loop over the file.
Then you need to add each number to it, which means you need to use parse the String holding the number.

[ubuntu_jdk]

Tolls, thanks for replying.

I am new to Java, so if you can give me code example that would be very helpfull.

[Tolls]

I suggest you try it based on my description.