Reading a text file line by line and splitting each line into an array

Question

I have a text file that I want to read in line by line and within each line, I want to do some processing. I have a file like the following:
apples||oranges||bananas||grapes
cars||trucks||planes||boats
And I want to end up with an array such that
First...
item(0) = apples
item(1) = oranges
item(2) = bananas
item(3) = grapes
Then move onto the next line with item getting cleared each time. Can anyone offer any ideas on how do to this? I am unclear on reading line by line and then also splitting into an array as I am new to this.
Thanks.

Answer 1

For reading a text file in line by line, you want to use a FileReader (java.io.FileReader)
If you wrap it in a Buffered reader, you can call readLine() and get the file one line at a time.
  File file = new File("C:\myFile.txt");
  BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
  String s = in.readLine();
  while (s != null){
    // string handling here
    s = in.readLine();
  }For the second part, you probably want to look at the method String.split() which should split your string up into an array for you. Check out the API for java.lang.String
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