java - how to retrieve a line with spaces with comma as separator? -

i have record in game.txt file

menard,menard mabunga,0  francis,francis mabunga,0  angelica,francis mabunga,1 

i access file , store in array list using code;

scanner s = new scanner(getresources().openrawresource(r.raw.game));         arraylist<string> list = new arraylist<string>();          while (s.hasnext()){             list.add(s.next());         }         s.close(); 

and use function load random line;

public static string randomline(arraylist list) {         return (string) list.get(new random().nextint(list.size()));     } 

when try print result of randomline function using system.out.println(randomline(list)); output mabunga,0 only.

now, how can retrieve line spaces comma separator?

you reading words instead of lines. use nextline() instead of next(). so, should code:

scanner s = new scanner(getresources().openrawresource(r.raw.game)); arraylist<string> list = new arraylist<string>();  while (s.hasnext()){     list.add(s.nextline()); // change here!! } s.close(); 

i prefer bufferedreader on scanner if goal read lines.