Question

Is there a way to read two lines of a csv file at a time in Java?

I can read one at a time using Scanner (it has to be done like this):

String line = input.nextLine();
String[] nline = line.split ("[,]");
......

Here is some sample data and a short explanation. I need these read two at a time so I can can go about my other processing.

the first line that starts with “Create” creates a person
the second line “action” is the action of the created person

create,Mr. Jones,blah,blah 
action,1,3
create,Mrs.Smith,blah,blah
action,4,10
....

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Cory’s answer is good but for your next part to work

String[] nline = line.split ("[,]");
......

You need to add the comma in there

String line = input.nextLine() + "," + input.nextLine();