Convert String into array in java

Question

Below is my Java code. I'm passing a CSV file and reading the record. I want to split the records by "," and store it into an array. I don't know how to do that. If someone can give me idea about that. I'm pretty new to Java.

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;

public class parser 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException 
    {
        FileReader fileReader = new FileReader(new File("//Users//Desktop//npi.csv"));
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fileReader);
        String line = null;
        //String[] value = line.split(",");

        /*ArrayList list = new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(line));
        System.out.println(list);*/
        int count = 0;
        while((line = br.readLine()) != null)
        {
            for(int i=0; i < line.length();i++)
            {

            }
            count ++;
            System.out.println("Record Count : "+count);
            System.out.println(line);
        }

    }
}

An example of String from the CSV file

"1234567","1","","","","ALI","DONALDSON","","DR.","","O.D.","","","","","","","","","","140-6002 SIT RD","STE A","EVANSVILLE","IN","8418996408","US","6013857469","9586771232","140-6002 SIT RD","SUITE A","EVANSVILLE","IN","770155917","US","6969551228","2403884068","04/13/2003","02/21/2018","","","","M","","","","","","142K01234Z","5376UD","IN","Y","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","980230944","03","IN","","WR09447","01","IN","","12532T","02","IN","GROUP","245699532","08","IN","","3HDPTO","09","IN","INDIVIDUAL","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","X","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""

Answer 1

You have used Arrays.asList(line) but you should Arrays.asList(value). Also commented code place inside the while loop.

The List is an interface, and ArrayList is an implementation. You don't need the instance type of the object to use the data. Just use an interface. Also you should know that codding to interfaces is a best practice in Java and one of the principles of OOP in general.

For the single line it require List<String> and to hold these lines you should use another list List<List<String>>. You can instantiate and add lists to it line-by-line.