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Parse data from a file

 
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hi guys,

i have a file which looks something like this,
111, X, 12, 34, 56
111, Y, 12, 34, 56
122, X, 12, 34, 56
122, Y, 12, 34, 56
133, X, 12, 34, 56
133, Y, 12, 34, 56

now i have parsed this data and am storing individual records in a class and then accessing them and everything is fine.

but i need to further group this data based on the 2nd record (X and Y). and then I need to process the individual records in different ways. i mean i need to somehow group the records and then parse them. please help. thanks.
 
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i have tried to implement the Comparator class.

and have also written a compare method. but am not sure how i would implement it.

please help. thanks.
 
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Create 2 empty lists, loop through the main list, check the 2nd field, if it is X then add it to one list, else if it is Y then add it to another list.

Pretty straightforward.

Or didn't I understood your problem?
 
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i am currently saving the individual records in a class (time, date, string etc). now i should create a second class or create a new list.

not sure?
 
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also its not hard coded X and Y. i mean the 2nd field has to be same in the file. so i need to group all same 2nd fields in the file and then process them. how would i do that. thanks.
 
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Use a Map<String,List><Record>> where Record is the class representing each row.

Adding is quite easy:

Afterwards, the map contains a List<Record> for each different value of the second field. You can use the map's keySet(), entrySet() and values() methods to iterate over all keys, entries and values (which are List<Record>).
 
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