Error in code: Urgent, Please help, thanks alot

Question

I'm getting two errors with the following code. The code is supposed to read in a text file with the format
11
blue casual
green athletic
red athletic
The first number represents the numbers of socks. The code is supposed to ouput the number of pairs, so if there were 2 red athletic , it would say
1 matching pair
1 pair of red athletic
If possible can someone run my code to see if they can get it to output that, I'm having a hard time doing it.
here is the code
import java.io.*;
public class Socks {
public static void main(String args[])
try
     String socks[1000];
int pairs[500];
int numOfsocks;
int i;
int j;     
FileReader fr = new FileReader("test.txt");
BufferedReader inFile = new BufferedReader(fr);
numOfsocks = Integer.parseInt(inFile.readLine());
int possiblePairs = numOfsocks/2;
for(i = 0; i < numOfsocks; i++)
socks[i] = inFile.readLine();
for(i = 0; i <= possiblePairs;i++)
     for(j = i; j<=possiblePairs;j++)
     if (socks.equalsIgnoreCase(socks[j]))
          pairs[i] = i++;
for(i = 0; i <= possiblePairs;i++);
if(pairs[i] >= 2)
System.out.println(pairs[i]/2 + " pairs" + socks[i]);
inFile.close();     
catch(IOException e){}
          System.out.println("File Not Found or no File Specified");
--------------------Configuration: Socks - JDK version 1.3.1_04 <Default>--------------------
C:\Socks\Socks.java:13: ']' expected
     String socks[1000];
^
C:\Socks\Socks.java:14: ']' expected
int pairs[500];
^
2 errors

Answer 1

consider the following
not for copying
but for studying working code
to help clarify ideas
import java.io.*;
list items and count of each item
in a list of socks
file has list of socks ...
4
red sock
green sock
blue sock
green sock
the first line is n = count of socks
if no socks match, there are n items
for example : 3 items in ...
3
red sock
blue sock
green sock
if all socks match there is one item
for example : 1 item in ...
3
red sock
red sock
red sock
if socks come in pairs, there are at most n/2 items
for example : 2 items in ...
4
red sock
green sock
red sock
green sock
program does not assume that socks come in pairs !!
public class Socks {
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException
String[] socks = new String[1000];
int numOfsocks;
String[] item = new String[1000];
int[] count = new int[1000]; // initializes each count to zero
int totalcount = 0;
int i;
int j;
boolean ifound;
FileReader fr = new FileReader("test.txt");
BufferedReader inFile = new BufferedReader(fr);
numOfsocks = Integer.parseInt(inFile.readLine());
for (i = 0; i < numOfsocks; i++)
socks[ i ] = inFile.readLine();
inFile.close();
for (i = 0; i < numOfsocks; i++) {
ifound = false;
for (j = 0; j < totalcount; j++) {
if (socks[ i ].equalsIgnoreCase(item[j])) {
ifound = true;
count[j]++; // increase count for matched item
break; // exit "for j loop"
} // for j
// sock not found so add it to item list ...
if (ifound == false) {
item[totalcount] = socks[ i ];
count[totalcount] = 1;
totalcount++;
} // for i
for (i = 0; i < totalcount; i++)
System.out.println (item[ i ] + ", count = " + count[ i ]);
} // class