getting object but looking value in .data file

[Angus Ferguson]

Hi

I am reading from a file and setting the data in a List like this

private  static  List<String> separateFields(String fileLine){
        List<String> valuesArray=new ArrayList<String>();
        for (int i = 0; i < fileLine.length(); i++) {
           if(fileLine.contains(","))

              
             valuesArray.add(fileLine.split(",").toString());
        
        }

When I retrieve the data I get the object definition instead of the value in the file. How could I get the value in the file?

Thanks

[Steve Luke]

Split returns an array. You will have to either choose which index in the array to add to your list, or iterate over the list to add them all, or convert the array to a List and use List.addAll(), like:

  String[] values = fileLine.split(",");
  valuesArray.addAll(Arrays.asList(values);