Read file then store in array without using arraylist java

Question

I am trying to read a file with 8 columns of data and store each string of data into an array, but I keep getting cannot find symbol error for employee.length. I put 8 elements for each string within the row. Please help me by explaining what I am doing wrong. Code:

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

Its employee.length and not employee.length() . In case of arrays, length is a final variable, not a method.

And use Arrays.toString(employee) to print employees properly. System.out.println(employee) will just print the reference address.