Scanner Input from File

Question

I'm trying to read from an external file using the Scanner class and to store the input in the applicable arrays, but I don't know how to skip lines.
For example, if a text file has this in it:
Name: Bob
Age: 30
Job: Engineer
Name: Joe
Age: 40
Job: ManagerIt reads fine, and stores fine. But, if I have this instead:
Name: Bob
Age: 30
Job: Engineer
Name: Joe
Age: 40
Job: ManagerWith the empty line, the String class throws an index out of range exception. Same goes for if the very first line of the file is also blank.
Here is my code:
String[] name = new String[100];
int[] age = new int[1000];
String[] job= new String[1000];
     try {
              Scanner input = new Scanner(new BufferedReader(new FileReader("test.txt")));
              for (int i = 0; input.hasNext(); i++) {
                   name[i] = input.nextLine().substring(6);
                   age[i] = Integer.parseInt(input.nextLine().substring(5));
                   job[i] = input.nextLine().substring(5);
                   System.out.println("Name: " + name);
               System.out.println("Age: " + age[i]);
               System.out.println("Job: " + job[i]);
          input.close();
     } catch (FileNotFoundException error) {}Thank you all very much!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Answer 1

I already have something else that is handling non-existent files, so I don't need to do anything there.
And thank you very much, I figured out how to do it! I just needed to temporarily store the line, see if it was longer than 1 in length, and perform based on that.
Thank you very much!
Edited by: ManiKatti on Dec 31, 2009 7:14 PM