Reading from csv adds whitespace that can't be removed Java

Question

I am reading from a csv file of people, starting with their id, name, and date they joined the application. When reading the first row, the first index adds a whitespace to the string. I am unable to remove this whitespace, as I want to parse it to an integer.

File nameOfFile = fileName;

    BufferedReader br = null;
    String line = "";
    String cvsSplitBy = ",";

    try {
        br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(nameOfFile));
        while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {

            String[] row = line.split(cvsSplitBy);

            temp = row[0].trim();
            temp.replaceAll("^\\s", "");
        //     temp.replaceAll(" ", "");
       //     String.format("%03d", temp);

            System.out.println(temp.length() + " " + temp + " "  + temp.charAt(0));

            age = Integer.parseInt(temp);

            name = row[1];
            dateJoined = row[2];



        }

    } catch (FileNotFoundException | ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException exception) {

        System.out.println("File is not found, please try again.");
        System.out.println(exception);

    }

    if (br != null) {
        br.close(); //close buffered reader
    }

My csv file:

4 John 10/10/2010

5 Charles 24/08/2010

6 Andrew 09/01/2011

The System.out.println(temp.length() + " " + temp + " " + temp.charAt(0)); prints this:

2 4

1 5 5

1 6 6

where this System.out.println(temp.length() + " " + temp + " " + temp.charAt(1)); prints out:

2 4 4

Answer 1

Don't reinvent the wheel. I would use the Univocity parser and then map. More info at: https://www.univocity.com/pages/parsers-documentation Something along this (did not test it);

CsvParserSettings settings = new CsvParserSettings();
CsvParser parser = new CsvParser(settings);
List<String[]> allRows = parser.parseAll(new FileReader(yourfile));
List<Person> persons = allRows.stream().map(p->new Person(p[0],p[1],p[2])).collect(Collectors.toList())

In the Person bean I would make specific setMethods, such as:

public void setAge(String age2parse){
try{
this.age = Integer.parse(age2parse.replaceAll("[^\\d.]",""))
}catch(Exception e){
}
}
public void setName(String name2parse){
this.name = name; // You could divide name here, if wanted.
}
public void setDate(String date2parse){
this.date = date2parse // I would parse it and store it as Date object.
}

Finnaly, a constructor in the bean;

public Person(String a, String n, String d){
setAge(a);
setName(n);
setDate(d);
}

To print:

persons.stream().forEachOrdered(p->System.out.println(p.getAge()+" "+p.getName()+" "+p.getDate()))

Note: There is even way to use BeanRowProcessors, which seem to fit well when you have more fields in the bean, so please, check the documentation on Univocity.