Reading file and making an Array

[Alex Munoz]

I've gotten very stuck on creating a program that will solve mazes. The user inputs the name of the file and it produces a maze of length (6,10), or (10,15) so I think I have to use an arraylist. How do I go about converting the text to an array?
Here is what I have written solving the maze is actually completed in another class:

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Assignment6
{
	public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException
	{
		System.out.println("Please enter the file containing your maze: ");
		Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);

		File mazeIn = new File(in.next());
		Scanner file = new Scanner(mazeIn);

		System.out.println("Original maze: ");
		while (file.hasNext())
		{
			System.out.println(file.next());
		}
	}
}
		

Here is an example maze:
6 10

##########
#OOOO*#O##
#O####OOO#
#O#O#OOOO#
#OOOOO##OO
##########

[Suresh Sajja]

Looks like a duplicate post, but with more details about the context of question.

https://coderanch.com/t/598716/java/java/File-input

[Suresh Sajja]

Alex Munoz,

From this post and your previous topic, i understand that you are looking for help on
1. reading a file.
2. Storing the maze in an array.

To get you started, please go through the tutorial on I/O streams.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Please continue the discussion in the other thread quoted.