How can I read only the first word of each line in a file in Java?

Question

I have a file and it contains name, surname and age information. For example: Mike, Tyson, 54. There is 1 person in every 1 row. I just want to read the names. How can I do that? I did the reading of all lines, but I could not only read the name.

public static void main(String[] args) {
    File f = new File("C:/Users/muham/Desktop/students.txt");
    try {
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(f)));
        
        String s = reader.readLine();
        String[] students = new String[6];
        
        
        int i=0;
        while(s != null){
            students[i] = s;
            s=reader.readLine(); 
            i++;
        }
        Arrays.sort(students);
        String[] arr = null;
        for(i = 0; i<students.length;i++){
            System.out.println(students[i]);
        }
        
    } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
    } catch (IOException ex) {
    }
    
}

Answer 1

Use split to get the name try this code

public static void main(String[] args) {
    File f = new File("C:/Users/muham/Desktop/students.txt");
    try {
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(f)));
        
        String s = reader.readLine();
        String[] students = new String[6];
        
        
        int i=0;
        while(s != null){
            students[i] = s.split(",")[0];
            s=reader.readLine(); 
            i++;
        }
        //Arrays.sort(students);
        String[] arr = null;
        for(i = 0; i<students.length;i++){
            System.out.println(students[i]);
        }
        
    } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
    } catch (IOException ex) {
    }   
}