How to store a file in array after reading, without using arraylist java.

Question

I want to read a file that has 8 columns of data and want to store each string of data into an array. But it's displaying: Unable to find symbol error for employee.length. Within the row, I have placed 8 elements. 

This is my code. Kindly tell me where I am going wrong and also rectify it.

Scanner scan = new Scanner(new FileReader ("payrollData.dat"));

    String employee[] = new String[8];

    while(scan.hasNext())

    {   

        for(int i = 0; i < employee.length(); i++)

        {

            employee[i] = scan.next();

        }

    }

    System.out.println(employee);8

Answer 1

Well, you have written employee.length() which is wrong here, instead use employee.length.

When it's about the array, length is a final variable not a method. 

And also use Arrays.toString(employee) to properly print employees. 

System.out.println(employee) will only print reference addresses

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