Week 3: Objects, files and exceptions/16b. Players from FILE

The file players.txt contains the names of the players, one name on each line.

Write the method

ArrayList<String> readPlayers()

which reads the contents of the file and stores it in a list, 
so that each name is one element in the list. 
Finally, the list is returned.

Use the Scanner class to read the file. 
You can see a sample tutorial in the code above - 16a.



An example of calling the method 
(note that the test program will draw a new set of contents for the file at each run - so the output will vary):
public static void main(String[] args){
    ArrayList<String> list = readPlayers();
    System.out.println(list);   
}

Example output:
[Ann, Ann, Adam, Keith, Ann, Jane, Thomas, Jack]






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import java.util.Random;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.File;*/



public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        final Random r = new Random();
        
        ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
        Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
       
        System.out.println("Testing reading the file...");
        ArrayList<String> players = readPlayers();
        System.out.println("Players in list:");
        for (String player : players) {
            System.out.println(player);
        }
       
    }
    

    //add
    public static ArrayList<String> readPlayers() {
        ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
        
        try {
            // NEED TO DEFINE ANOTHER SCANNER INSIDE TO READ FROM THE FILE!!!
            Scanner reader = new Scanner(new File("players.txt"));

            while (reader.hasNextLine()) {
                list.add(reader.nextLine());
            }
        } 
        catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: players.txt file not found");
        }
        return list;
    }




}









Testing reading the file...
Players in list:
Thomas
Jack
Keith
Vance
Pete
Ann
Annie
Tom