// for array - read until EOF - person only has 2 fields
/ /ct in private area - array not filled



public void reader() throws IOException   // fills ar with 20 Persons
 {FileReader fr = new FileReader("test.txt");
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
String na,gr;
int num;
  while ((na = br.readLine()) != null) // read until eof
   {  
      gr = br.readLine();
      num = Integer.parseInt(gr); 
      Person p = new Person(na,num);
     ar[ct] = p;
     ct++;            // ct in private area
}
}





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// this is for arrayList - reads in 20


import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class filereader
{
private ArrayList<Person> ar = new ArrayList<Person>();

public void reader() throws IOException   // fills ar with 20 Persons
 {FileReader fr = new FileReader("data.txt");
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
String f,l,g;
String a,b,c;
int n1,n2,n3;
int ct = 0;
   for (int x=1; x <= 20; x++)
   {  f = br.readLine();
      l = br.readLine();
      g = br.readLine();
      a = br.readLine();
      n1 = Integer.parseInt(a); 
      b = br.readLine();
      n2 = Integer.parseInt(b); 
      c = br.readLine();
      n3 = Integer.parseInt(c); 
      Person p = new Person(f,l,g,n1,n2,n3);
     ar.add(p);
   }
}




}

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// array - reads in 20


import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class filereader
{
private Person[] ar = new Person[20];

public void reader() throws IOException   // fills ar with 20 Persons
 {FileReader fr = new FileReader("data.txt");
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
String f,l,g;
String a,b,c;
int n1,n2,n3;
int ct = 0;
   for (int x=0; x < 20; x++)
   {  f = br.readLine();
      l = br.readLine();
      g = br.readLine();
      a = br.readLine();
      n1 = Integer.parseInt(a); 
      b = br.readLine();
      n2 = Integer.parseInt(b); 
      c = br.readLine();
      n3 = Integer.parseInt(c); 
      Person p = new Person(f,l,g,n1,n2,n3);
     ar[x] = p;
   }
}




}