Reading a text file with different delimiters using Scanner

Question

Hello,
I'm trying to read text from a file using ", " as a delimiter between Strings using a Scanner. I tried reading one line and then using the split() method in the string class, split each string by it's delimiter. I tried using an ArrayList to store each split token and the compiler is giving me some sort of syntax error when I'm pretty sure its right. If help can be given, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Here's my code
Scanner input = new Scanner(backupFile);
input.useDelimiter("[, ]");
while (input.hasNext()) {
ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
String s = input.nextLine();
String delims = "[, ]";
list.add(s.split(delims));
for(int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++)
System.out.println(list.get(i));
list.clear();
}

Answer 1

s.split(delims) will return an array of strings, not a string. So you need to declare list as an array list of such arrays:ArrayList<String[]> list = new ArrayList<String[]>();(It's a good idea to copy and post compiler messages here, so no-one has to guess. Likewise indicate which line of your code they are referring to.)
[Edit]If it only the contents of the array you wish to put in the array, then you can just say List list = Arrays.asList(s.split(delims));