Read numbers from txt.file and generate 2d array

August 5, 2022

For example we have file("Test2") which contains:

And we want to read it from file.
In this example the numbers of rows and columns is known!!!

   public class Read2 {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException {
        Scanner s = new Scanner(new FileReader("Test2"));
        int[][] array = new int[9][5];
        while (s.hasNextInt()) {
            for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
                String[] numbers = s.nextLine().split(" ");
                for (int j = 0; j < array[i].length; j++) {
                    array[i][j] = Integer.parseInt(numbers[j]);
                }
            }
        }
        for (int[] x : array) {
            System.out.println(Arrays.toString(x));
        }
         // It is a normal int[][] and i can use their data for calculations.
        System.out.println(array[0][3] + array[7][2]);
    }
} 

// Output
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 0]
[1, 2, 3, 0, 0]
[1, 2, 0, 0, 0]
[1, 0, 0, 0, 0]
[1, 2, 0, 0, 0]
[1, 2, 3, 0, 0]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 0]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
7//result from sum

My question is: if i have a file with x=rows and y=columns(unknown size) and i want to read numbers from file and put them is 2d array like in previous example. What type of code should i write?

>Solution :

Here is a solution using the stream API:

var arr = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("PATH/TO/FILE")).lines()
                .map(s -> s.split("\\s+"))
                .map(s -> Stream.of(s)
                        .map(Integer::parseInt)
                        .toArray(Integer[]::new))
                .toArray(Integer[][]::new);