How can I read comma separated values from a text file in Java?

You may use the String.split() method:

String[] tokens = str.split(",");

After that, use Double.parseDouble() method to parse the string value to a double.

double latitude = Double.parseDouble(tokens[0]);
double longitude = Double.parseDouble(tokens[1]);

Similar parse methods exist in the other wrapper classes as well - Integer, Boolean, etc.


Use OpenCSV for reliability. Split should never be used for these kind of things. Here's a snippet from a program of my own, it's pretty straightforward. I check if a delimiter character was specified and use this one if it is, if not I use the default in OpenCSV (a comma). Then i read the header and fields

CSVReader reader = null;
try {
    if (delimiter > 0) {
        reader = new CSVReader(new FileReader(this.csvFile), this.delimiter);
    }
    else {
        reader = new CSVReader(new FileReader(this.csvFile));
    }

    // these should be the header fields
    header = reader.readNext();
    while ((fields = reader.readNext()) != null) {
        // more code
    }
catch (IOException e) {
    System.err.println(e.getMessage());
}

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