Please Help due in 45 min

[ivetcher]

I need to write a program that reads this from the text file

4
Katea
Murray
3.75
9
Matt
Reese
2.89
11
Liz
Huntley
3.98
12
Ken
Black
2.99
11

and puts it in a few arrays
grade
FirstName
LastName
Gpa

the program also needs a capability to search those arrays
// Search by first name
// Search by last name
// Search by Gpa

and to provide an overall Gpa average
and it needs to have a capabilty to add new students
please help

I already have the menu
[CODE=java]public void menu()
{
char ch=30;
char ch1=31;
int l;
for(int i=0;i<27;i++)
{
System.out.prin t(" ");
}
for(l=0;l<2;l++ )
{

for(int j=0;j<38;j++)
{

System.out.prin t(ch);
}
System.out.prin tln("");
for(int k=0;k<27;k++)
{
System.out.prin t(" ");
}
}
System.out.prin t(ch);
System.out.prin t(ch1);
for(int i=0;i<34;i++)
System.out.prin t(" ");
System.out.prin t(ch);
System.out.prin t(ch1);
System.out.prin tln("");
for(int i=0;i<27;i++)
System.out.prin t(" ");

System.out.prin t(ch);
System.out.prin t(ch1+" ");
System.out.prin t (" 1. Enter new Students record ");

System.out.prin t(" "+ch);
System.out.prin tln(ch1+" ");

for(int i=0;i<26;i++)
System.out.prin t(" ");
System.out.prin t(" "+ch1);
System.out.prin t(ch+" ");


System.out.prin t (" 2. Display All Student records and GPA: ");
System.out.prin t(" "+ch);
System.out.prin tln(ch1+" ");


for(int i=0;i<26;i++)
System.out.prin t(" ");
System.out.prin t(" "+ch);
System.out.prin t(ch1+" ");


System.out.prin t (" 3. Search students by first name: ");
System.out.prin t(" "+ch);
System.out.prin tln(ch1+" ");


for(int i=0;i<26;i++)
System.out.prin t(" ");
System.out.prin t(" "+ch);
System.out.prin t(ch1+" ");

System.out.prin t (" 4. Search students by last name: ");
System.out.prin t(" "+ch);
System.out.prin tln(ch1+" ");


for(int i=0;i<26;i++)
System.out.prin t(" ");
System.out.prin t(" "+ch);
System.out.prin t(ch1+" ");


System.out.prin t (" 5. Search searchstudents by GPA:");
System.out.prin t(" "+ch);
System.out.prin tln(ch1+" ");


for(int i=0;i<26;i++)
System.out.prin t(" ");
System.out.prin t(" "+ch);
System.out.prin t(ch1+" ");


System.out .print(" 6. Replace Student Record: ");
System.out.prin t(" "+ch);
System.out.prin tln(ch1+" ");


for(int i=0;i<26;i++)
System.out.prin t(" ");
System.out.prin t(" "+ch);
System.out.prin t(ch1+" ");


System.out .print(" 7. Delete Record: ");
System.out.prin t(" "+ch);
System.out.prin tln(ch1+" ");


for(int i=0;i<26;i++)
System.out.prin t(" ");
System.out.prin t(" "+ch);
System.out.prin t(ch1+" ");


System.out .print(" 8. Exit: ");
System.out.prin t(" "+ch);
System.out.prin tln(ch1+" ");


for(int j=0;j<27;j++)
System.out.prin t(" ");
System.out.prin t(ch);
System.out.prin t(ch1);
for(int i=0;i<34;i++)
System.out.prin t(" ");
System.out.prin t(ch);
System.out.prin t(ch1);
System.out.prin tln("");
for(int i=0;i<27;i++)
System.out.prin t(" ");
for(int i=0;i<38;i++)
System.out.prin t(ch);
System.out.prin tln("");
for(int i=0;i<27;i++)
System.out.prin t(" ");
for(int i=0;i<38;i++)
System.out.prin t(ch);
//Scanner input = new Scanner ( System.in);
//int s;

int choice=0;
String strChoice = JOptionPane.sho wInputDialog(nu ll,"Pick your action");
choice = Integer.parseIn t(strChoice);
//s=new input.nextInt() ;

// SimpleComparato r(int s) {
switch (choice) {
case 1:
new_student();

break;
case 2:
display_allstud ents();
dispay_gpa_aver age

break;
case 3:
search_by_first _name();

break;
case 4:
search_by_last_ name();

break;
case 5:
search_by_gpa() ;
break;
case 6:
replace_record( );

break;
case 7:
delete_record() ;

break;
case 8:

break;
default:

break;
//}
//}










}

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[Ganon11]

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[nomad]

I need to write a program that reads this from the text file

I don't think you're going to make it...
anyway read up on FileReader class.

nomad