[pbl]

so you have to call

public Track1(String t, String art, String alb, int len){

with the data read from the file and store the Track1 object created into your array

[codejilly]

pbl, on 10 October 2012 - 08:28 PM, said:

so you have to call

public Track1(String t, String art, String alb, int len){

with the data read from the file and store the Track1 object created into your array

i think i did that because i redid my main again and added this piece of code
when i called the selectionSort method....

here it is:

selectionSort(tracks, 12);
            fs = new FileInputStream("G:\\OOP II\\ASSIGNMENT 1\\tracks.txt");
            DataInputStream ds = new DataInputStream(fs);
            BufferedReader b = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(ds));
            String strln;
            
            while((strln = b.readLine()) != null){
                for (int i = 0; i < tracks.length; i++ ){
                    String t = b.readLine();
                    String art = b.readLine();
                    String alb = b.readLine();
                    int len = b.read();
                    Track1 t1 = new Track1 (t,art,alb,len);
                    tracks [i] = t1;
                
                    System.out.println(t1.toString());
            
                }
                
            }
            
         }catch (IOException ex){
            Logger.getLogger(TrackMain.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
       
         }
     }

[pbl]

Not really

int len = b.read();

this read as a int a single character from the file, does not read the ASCII representation of an integer

You wioll have to readLine() in a String and then use Integer.parseInt() to store in a int the String representation of the number in the file

[codejilly]

pbl, on 10 October 2012 - 08:43 PM, said:

Not really

int len = b.read();

this read as a int a single character from the file, does not read the ASCII representation of an integer

You wioll have to readLine() in a String and then use Integer.parseInt() to store in a int the String representation of the number in the file

i tried that by changing the code to this in calling the selectionSort method:

selectionSort(tracks, 12);
            fs = new FileInputStream("G:\\OOP II\\ASSIGNMENT 1\\tracks.txt");
            DataInputStream ds = new DataInputStream(fs);
            BufferedReader b = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(ds));
            String strln;
            
            while((b.readLine()) != null){
                for (int i = 0; i < tracks.length; i++ ){
                    String t = b.readLine();
                    String art = b.readLine();
                    String alb = b.readLine();
                    String len = b.readLine();
                    int n = Integer.parseInt(len);
                    
                    Track1 t1 = new Track1 (t,art,alb,len);
                    tracks [i] = t1;
                
                    System.out.println(t1.toString());
            
                }
                
            }
            
         }catch (IOException ex){
            Logger.getLogger(TrackMain.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
       
         }
     }

and am still getting the same error....
this is bumming me out

[g00se]

Use a Scanner. 's'

while(s.hasNext()) {
  tracks[index++] = new Track1(s.next(), s.next(), s.next(), s.nextInt());
}

That's the last code i'm posting on this