Making a list of bands

Question

im tryin to make a list of bands using my itunes playlist as the file (i made a txt file copy of it) it goes through like 40 bands and then just stops for some reason....
import java.io.*;
public class Code
     public static void main(String[] args)
          String line="";
          String band="";
          String pband="";
         char a='?';
          int x = 0,ct=0;
          FileReader r = null;
         try {
            r = new FileReader(new File("C:/Documents and Settings/JP/My Documents/My Music/iTunes/bands.txt"));
        catch (IOException e)
            System.out.println("***Hey, file is not a valid file\n what up with that?");
            System.exit(0);
        BufferedReader f = new BufferedReader(r);
        try
             while((line=f.readLine())!=null)
                       for(x=0;x<line.length();x++)
                       if(line.charAt(x)=='A' && line.charAt(x+1)=='r'&& line.charAt(x+2)=='t')
                            x+=20;
                            a=line.charAt(x);
                            pband=band;
                          band="";
                              while(a!='<')
                               band+=a;
                                      x++;
                               a=line.charAt(x);
                                if(!pband.equals(band))
                                     System.out.print(band+", ");
                                break;
         catch (Exception e)
            System.out.println("***Huh!?!?!");
}

Answer 1

Tell me if the following code helps you : import java.io.*;
public class Code {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          BufferedReader br = null;
          try {
               String band = "";
               String pband = "";
               int leftSeparatorIndex, rightSeparatorIndex;
               br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("C:/Documents and Settings/JP/My Documents/My Music/iTunes/bands.txt"));
               String line = br.readLine();
               while (line != null) {
                    leftSeparatorIndex = line.indexOf(" - ");
                    if (leftSeparatorIndex != -1) {
                         System.out.print(line);
                         rightSeparatorIndex = line.indexOf("{", leftSeparatorIndex);
                         if (rightSeparatorIndex != -1) {
                              band = line.substring(leftSeparatorIndex, rightSeparatorIndex);
                              if (!pband.equals(band)) {
                                   System.out.print(band + ", ");
                                   pband = band;
                    line = br.readLine();
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          } finally {
               if (br != null) {
                    try {
                         br.close();
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                         e.printStackTrace();
} If not, you might want to explain exactly the structure of a line of your file (or explain how to obtain such a file. I have itunes but in my attempt to export a playlist to a text file, all I got was some kind of a CSV like file)