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**Reading in a *.csv file and loading the data into an Array**

Jan 20th, 2005

I would like to know any advice for creating a program that will read in a *.csv file and load the data into a 24 x 24 array for further processing. I am including a total of 48 records, so that you can see how the data looks and what I'll be working with.

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1.000000,0.767801,0.370782,1.887500,0.817261,0.120824,0.178702,1.329200,0.128401,0.022936,0.009620,0.263158,0.088230,0.702998,0.160940,0.607977,0.169635,0.000956,0.009970,0.147252,0.856678,0.031328,0.025595,0.000522
1.302420,1.000000,0.482914,2.458320,1.064420,0.157364,0.232745,1.731180,0.167232,0.029872,0.012529,0.342742,0.114913,0.915598,0.209611,0.791841,0.220936,0.001245,0.012985,0.191783,1.115750,0.040803,0.033336,0.000680
 
1.000000,0.767801,0.370782,1.887500,0.817261,0.120824,0.178702,1.329200,0.128401,0.022936,0.009620,0.263158,0.088230,0.702998,0.160940,0.607977,0.169635,0.000956,0.009970,0.147252,0.856678,0.031328,0.025595,0.000522
1.302420,1.000000,0.482914,2.458320,1.064420,0.157364,0.232745,1.731180,0.167232,0.029872,0.012529,0.342742,0.114913,0.915598,0.209611,0.791841,0.220936,0.001245,0.012985,0.191783,1.115750,0.040803,0.033336,0.000680

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**Re: Reading in a *.csv file and loading the data into an Array**

Jan 22nd, 2005

I don't know what a csv file is or what the structure is, but if its just a text a file with numbers like that, it's quite simple.

The only thing to be careful about in this code is that it assumes there won't be more than 24 elements, or tokens, in each line of text.

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String[24][24] numbers;
 
File file = new File("something.csv");
 
BufferedReader bufRdr  = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
String line = null;
int row = 0;
int col = 0;
 
//read each line of text file
while((line = bufRdr.readLine()) != null)
{
	StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(line,",");
	while (st.hasMoreTokens())
	{
		//get next token and store it in the array
		numbers[row][col] = st.nextToken();
		col++;
	}
	row++;
}
 
//close the file
bufRdr.close();
 
String[24][24] numbers;
 
File file = new File("something.csv");
 
BufferedReader bufRdr  = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
String line = null;
int row = 0;
int col = 0;
 
//read each line of text file
while((line = bufRdr.readLine()) != null)
{
	StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(line,",");
	while (st.hasMoreTokens())
	{
		//get next token and store it in the array
		numbers[row][col] = st.nextToken();
		col++;
	}
	row++;
}
 
//close the file
bufRdr.close();

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**Re: Reading in a *.csv file and loading the data into an Array**

Jan 22nd, 2005

Thanks for the help. I only had to change the program slightly with changes to the logic for it to work properly. (Please see my code to see what I did).

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	String [][] numbers = new String [24][24];
 
	File file = new File("Currency Exchange Rates.csv");
 
	BufferedReader bufRdr  = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
	String line = null;
	int row = 0;
	int col = 0;
 
	//read each line of text file
	while((line = bufRdr.readLine()) != null && row < 24)
	{	
	StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(line,",");
	while (st.hasMoreTokens())
	{
		//get next token and store it in the array
		numbers[row][col] = st.nextToken();
		col++;
	}
	col = 0;
	row++;
	}
	String [][] numbers = new String [24][24];
 
	File file = new File("Currency Exchange Rates.csv");
 
	BufferedReader bufRdr  = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
	String line = null;
	int row = 0;
	int col = 0;
 
	//read each line of text file
	while((line = bufRdr.readLine()) != null && row < 24)
	{	
	StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(line,",");
	while (st.hasMoreTokens())
	{
		//get next token and store it in the array
		numbers[row][col] = st.nextToken();
		col++;
	}
	col = 0;
	row++;
	}

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**Re: Reading in a *.csv file and loading the data into an Array**

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Aug 28th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Phaelax

I don't know what a csv file is or what the structure is, but if its just a text a file with numbers like that, it's quite simple.

The only thing to be careful about in this code is that it assumes there won't be more than 24 elements, or tokens, in each line of text.
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String[24][24] numbers;
 
File file = new File("something.csv");
 
BufferedReader bufRdr  = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
String line = null;
int row = 0;
int col = 0;
 
//read each line of text file
while((line = bufRdr.readLine()) != null)
{
	StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(line,",");
	while (st.hasMoreTokens())
	{
		//get next token and store it in the array
		numbers[row][col] = st.nextToken();
		col++;
	}
	row++;
}
 
//close the file
bufRdr.close();
String[24][24] numbers; File file = new File("something.csv"); BufferedReader bufRdr = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file)); String line = null; int row = 0; int col = 0; //read each line of text file while((line = bufRdr.readLine()) != null) { StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(line,","); while (st.hasMoreTokens()) { //get next token and store it in the array numbers[row][col] = st.nextToken(); col++; } row++; } //close the file bufRdr.close();

String field[] = line.split(",");

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**Re: Reading in a *.csv file and loading the data into an Array**

Aug 29th, 2009

@chackboom

Am pretty sure the O.P. must have found a solution to it long long ago, please check the dates before posting on such fossilized threads.

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