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hey guys,
i'm new to java ,,,and i have a problem wish u to get ur answer ASAP
i'm reading from a text file by PrintWriter , and there are 3 rows first row is ID
second row is name and third row is address. and i want to get the IDs into the java program so
that i could call a name with it.for example : if in the text file 001 is linked to "name" i want to call
that name by calling the id in the program....thanks.

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Member Avatar for stultuske

and what exactly are you having trouble with? can you show us the code you've got so far and tell us where it's going wrong?

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i explained everything in the text file....if it's possible please take a look and give me a proper solution :)

thank you very much ...

Scroll down to (=====>>>)
TExt file is patient.txt
2nd text file is doctor.txt


the patient text is :
001 lod london
002 daniweb USA
003 neyaw china


second class :

package assignment;
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

public class second {
    private String did;
    private String pid;
    private Scanner x;
    private Scanner  y;
    private Formatter a;
    private Formatter b;
    private String DExpertise;
    
   public void openFile(){
      //just reads the file  for special use !
       try{
        x=new Scanner(new File("doctor.txt"));  
        } catch (Exception e) {
           System.out.println("Error while reading file due to "+e);
       }
       try{
          y=new Scanner(new File("patient.txt"));
       }catch(Exception e){
           System.out.println("Error while rading fille due to "+e);
       }
   }
   public void writePfile(String id,String name,String address){
      
       try{
     PrintWriter pt = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("patient.txt",true)));  
      pt.printf("\r\n%s %s %s \n", id,name,address);
      pt.close();
       }
       catch(Exception e){
           System.out.println("Error while reading "+e);
       } 
   }
   public void writeDfile(String id,String name,String Ex,int numb){
        try{
     PrintWriter dr = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("doctor.txt",true)));  
      dr.printf("\r\n%s %s %s %02d \n", id,name,Ex,numb);
        }
       catch(Exception e){
           System.out.println("Error while reading "+e);
       } 
   }
   
            
        } 
   
   
   }catch(Exception e){
       System.out.println("error while reading "+e);
   }
   
   }
   public void readDoctorfile(){
        while(x.hasNext()){
           String a=x.next();
           String b=x.next();
           String c=x.next();
           String d=x.next();  
           System.out.printf("%s %s %s %s \n",a,b,c,d);
        
            
        
        } 
       
   }
   public void readPatientfile(){
       while(y.hasNext()){
           String e=y.next();
           String f=y.next();
           String g=y.next();
           System.out.printf("%s %s %s \n",e,f,g);
       }
   }
 
         
       public void deletepatient (){
=========>PROBLEM HERE !!!!<<<=====
=========>PROBLEM HERE !!!!<<<=====
 when the user gives an input to delete a patient only the
id should be entered from the user <<< and the how row
assigned to the ID must be removed ...for ex :
if user enters 002 the row assigned to 002 must be deleted
in this case the program is taking ID but nothing is happening !

>>>>>AND IF it is possible can u suggest a way to update a patient
for example if the user enter 002 the name and address of 002 be updated
from the user ! ;;;;thanks very much 
        
           
      File input=new File("patient.txt");
      File output=new File("temp.txt");
      try{
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(input));
        BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(output));

    String lineToRemove = remove;
    String currentLine;

    while((currentLine = reader.readLine()) != null) {
    // trim newline when comparing with lineToRemove
    String trimmedLine = currentLine.trim();
    if(trimmedLine.equals(lineToRemove)) continue;
    writer.write(currentLine);
}

    boolean successful = output.renameTo(input);
  
  }catch(IOException e){
       System.out.println("Error while reading "+e);
  }
        }
       public void closefiles(){
           x.close();
           y.close();
       }
}





main class :


package assignment;
import java.util.*;
public class Assignment {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
    Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);
    second sec=new second();
    int choice =0;
    String pID;
    String dID;
    String pName;
    String dName;
    String pAddress;
    String dExpertise;
    int dNumbP;
    sec.openFile();
    sec.readDoctorfile();
    sec.readPatientfile();
    while (choice !=13){
        System.out.println("1=> Patient Registration (Insertion)");
        System.out.println("2=> Delete a Patient");
        System.out.println("3=> Update Patient Data");
        System.out.println("4=> Insert a New Doctor");
        System.out.println("5=> Delete a Doctor");
        System.out.println("6=> Update Doctor Data");
        System.out.println("7=> Select a Doctor");
        System.out.println("9=> Patient Query");
        System.out.println("10=> List All Patients");
        System.out.println("11=> List All Doctors");
        System.out.println("12=> Write into Files");
        System.out.println("13=> Exit");
        
        
        System.out.println("Please select by entering a number :");
        
        choice=input.nextInt();
        
        if(choice==1){
            System.out.println("Enter ID of the patient : ");
            pID=input.next();
            System.out.println("Enter Name of the patient :");
            pName=input.next();
            System.out.println("Enter the Address the patient : ");
            pAddress=input.next();
            System.out.println("Patieent added to list succesfully !");
            sec.writePfile(pID,pName,pAddress);
        }
        if (choice==2){
            System.out.println("Enter the ID of the patient : ");
             pID=input.next();
             sec.delete(pID);
        }
        else if (choice==3){
            System.out.println("Enter the ID of the patient : ");
             pID=input.next();
        }
        else if(choice==4) {
            System.out.println("Enter the ID of the the Doctor : ");
             dID=input.next();
            System.out.println("Enter the Name of the doctor : ");
             dName=input.next();
            System.out.println("Enter the Expertise of the doctor :");
             dExpertise=input.next();
            System.out.println("Enter the number of patients of the doctor has :");
             dNumbP=input.nextInt();
            System.out.println("Doctor added to list successfully !");
            sec.writeDfile(dID, dName, dExpertise, dNumbP);
        }
        else if (choice ==5){
            System.out.println("Enter the ID of the Doctor : ");
             dID=input.next();
        }
        else if (choice ==6){
            System.out.println("Enter the ID of the Doctor : ");
             dID=input.next();           
        }
        else if (choice ==7){
            System.out.println("Enter the ID of the doctor : ");
            dID=input.next();
            System.out.println("Enter the ID of the Patient : ");
            pID=input.next();
        }
        else if (choice ==8){
            System.out.println("Enter the ID of the patient : ");
            pID=input.next();
            
        }
        else if (choice ==9){
            System.out.println("Enter the  ID of the doctor :");
            dID=input.next();
        }
        else if (choice ==10){
            sec.openFile();
            sec.readPatientfile();
            sec.closefiles();
        }
        else if (choice==11){
            sec.openFile();
            sec.readDoctorfile();
            sec.closefiles();
        }
        else if (choice==12){
            int ch=0;
           
            while (ch !=3){
                System.out.println("1=> Update Doctor file :");
                System.out.println("2=> Update Patient file : ");
                System.out.println("plese choose by selecting the number");
                ch=input.nextInt();
            
            
            if (ch==1){
            System.out.println("Enter the doctor ID to be updated :");
            dID=input.next();
            System.out.println("Enter the name of the doctor to be updated :");
            dName=input.next();
            System.out.println("Enter the Experstise of the doctor to be updated :");
            dExpertise=input.next();
            System.out.println("Enter the number of the patients of the doctor : ");
            dNumbP=input.nextInt();
            sec.writeDfile(dID, dName, dExpertise, dNumbP);
        }
            else if(ch==2){
            System.out.println("Enter the patient ID to be updated :");
            pID=input.next();
            System.out.println("Enter the name of the patient to be updated :");
            pName=input.next();
            System.out.println("Enter the address of the patient to be updated :");
            pAddress=input.next();
            
            sec.writePfile(pID,pName,pAddress);
            }     
            }
            
    }
        
        }
    }
}
Member Avatar for stultuske

I don't really see you entering or using the input, so what exactly are you trying to do?

for instance:

String lineToRemove = remove;

where do you instantiate the 'remove' variable? it's pretty hard to see in that .txt. can't you paste your code in a post here, in a seperate code block per class?

or, for this:

if(trimmedLine.equals(lineToRemove)) continue;

now, as I said, I'm not entirely sure, but, you only read the number, say 002.
have you tried:

if(trimmedLine.startsWith(lineToRemove)) continue;

personally, I would recommend against using the continue; keyword.

replace it with something like this:

if(!(trimmedLine.equals(lineToRemove)))
    writer.write(currentLine);

or, if I'm right with my guess that lineToRemove doesn't contain the value you need:

if(!(trimmedLine.startsWith(lineToRemove)))
    writer.write(currentLine);
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