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I am working on a MabLibs project that is supposed to iterate through a file, prompt you with anything contained in a <> block and allow you to write over to a new file.

I cannot figure out how to use a Scanner to read a file and turn that into a string so I can use the .length() method to iterate a for loop through the file to find these <> blocks.

I can only use Scanner and can't use array lists, so unfortunately the for loop is the only way I can do this.

Here's the code:

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

public class MadLibs 

public static void main(String args)
 throws FileNotFoundException 
 intro();
 madLib();




public static void intro() 
 System.out.println("Welcome to the game of Mad Libs.");
 System.out.println("I will ask you to provide various words");
 System.out.println("and phrases to fill in a story.");
 System.out.println("The result will be written to an output file.");
 System.out.println();



public static void madLib() throws FileNotFoundException r.equalsIgnoreCase("q"))) 
 System.out.println("(C)reate mad-lib, (V)iew mad-lib, (Q)uit? ");
 
 if (r.equalsIgnoreCase("v")) 
 viewFile();
 
 else if (r.equalsIgnoreCase("c")) 
 createWord();
 



public static void createWord() throws FileNotFoundException 
 System.out.println("Input file name: ");
 Scanner viewFile = new Scanner(System.in);
 String toRead = viewFile.nextLine();
 File f = new File(toRead);
 while (!f.exists()) 
 System.out.println("File Not Found. Try again: ");
 toRead = viewFile.nextLine();
 f = new File(toRead);
 
 Scanner input1 = new Scanner(new File(toRead));
 String input2 = input1;
 PrintStream output = new PrintStream(new File(toRead));
 while (input1.hasNext()) 
 String input = input1.next();
 for (int i = 0; i < input2.length(); i++) 
 if (input.startsWith("<") && input.endsWith(">")) 
 String token = input.substring(1, input.length() - 1);
 System.out.println("Please input a: " + token);
 Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
 String replacement = scan.nextLine();
 token = token.replace(token, replacement);
 output.print(token);
 
 
 



public static void viewFile() throws FileNotFoundException 
 System.out.println("Input file name: ");
 Scanner viewFile = new Scanner(System.in);
 String toRead = viewFile.nextLine();
 File f = new File(toRead);
 while (!f.exists()) 
 System.out.println("File Not Found. Try again: ");
 toRead = viewFile.nextLine();
 f = new File(toRead);
 
 Scanner input1 = new Scanner(new File(toRead));
 System.out.println();
 while (input1.hasNextLine()) 
 System.out.println(input1.nextLine());
 
 
 

Any help is greatly appreciated.