Writing txt file to int array

Question

The project I was assigned is to write a program that takes numbers from a text file (all on one line, separated by spaces) and store them into a 5-element array. The program is supposed to check and see if the array is big enough to hold all the numbers from the text file, and if it isn't, it is supposed to double that array size. I've written the following code and it compiles, but it will not run due to this error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
     at java.io.Reader.<init>(Reader.java:61)
     at java.io.InputStreamReader.<init>(InputStreamReader.java:55)
     at ArrayReader.main(ArrayReader.java:16)
----jGRASP wedge2: exit code for process is 1.
----jGRASP: operation complete.
This is what I have so far. If anyone could help me or point out anything I missed it would be greatly greatly appreciated.
import java.io.*;
public class ArrayReader
     public static void main(String[] args)
          File file = new File("numberlist.txt");
          FileInputStream fis = null;
          BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(fis));
          int i = 5;
          int x = 0;
          int[] array;
          array = new int;
          try
               fis = new FileInputStream(file);
               for (x = 0; x < array.length; x++)
                         if (x > array.length)
                              i = i*2;
                              System.out.println("Array too small. Doubling size to: " + i);
                         else
                              array[i] = fis.read();
          catch(FileNotFoundException e)
               System.out.println("File " + file.getAbsolutePath() +
                                        " could not be found on filesystem");
          catch(IOException ioe)     
               System.out.println("Exception while reading the file" + ioe);
          for (i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
               System.out.println(array[i]);

Answer 1

ursusmajx wrote:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
     at java.io.Reader.<init>(Reader.java:61)
     at java.io.InputStreamReader.<init>(InputStreamReader.java:55)
     at ArrayReader.main(ArrayReader.java:16)Start by looking at line 16 in ArrayReader.main. It's not lie 16 in the code you posted here, so either you haven't posted the code you tried to run or you're not running the code you think you are.
I do see where you are using fis before assigning it a value.
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