/* * Reading in a text file with three separate value per line * */ import java.io.File; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.util.Scanner; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; public class SixASideBeachTextB { public static void main(String[] args) { // One array for the team name, one for the colours and one for funds String [] teamName = new String[20]; String [] teamColours = new String[20]; double [] teamFunds = new double[20]; int size = 0; // Populate the three arrays // Reads in a text file and separates the values, each into their own array try { Scanner scFile = new Scanner(new File("SixASideBeachTextB.txt")); while (scFile.hasNext()) { String line = scFile.nextLine(); Scanner scLine = new Scanner(line).useDelimiter("#"); teamName[size] = scLine.next(); teamColours[size] = scLine.next(); teamFunds[size] = scLine.nextDouble(); size++; } } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Error! File not found"); System.exit(0); } System.out.println("Success"); } } =========================================================================== Here is what the text file looks like . . . Mercury#red and green#1767.99 Venus#red#1565.34 Mars#green#2316.39 Jupiter#white#1452.12 Saturn#white and black#2198.19 Uranus#green stripes#1554.98 Neptune#yellow and orange#1567.76 Astroid#orange#1784.87 Comet#red and yellow#2776.56 Rhea#blue#1655.45 Callisto#blue stripes#1589.34 Io#light blue#2578.54 Europa#purple and orange#1686.66 Ceres#blue and black#2686.44 Luna#purple#1654.34 Titan#black and red#1876.98 Hyperion#green and dark red#2876.34 Janus#grey and red#1879.45 Oberon#black and yellow#1879.53 Ariel#black stripes#2876.34