If anyone could fix the following code below, it would be highly appreciated. The top works fine, but the middle is where the problem lies.

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import java.io.PrintWriter;

import java.util.Collections;

import java.util.Scanner;

import java.io.BufferedReader;

import java.io.BufferedWriter;

import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileReader;

import java.io.FileWriter;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Flavors {

private static ArrayList list;

private static boolean rankError;

private static int rank;

private static String name;

//=====================================================================================

public static void main(String[] args) {

BufferedReader reader = null;

ArrayList myFlavorsList = new ArrayList (); //myFlavorsList is the name my array used to store my favorite flavors.

try {

String sCurrentLine;

reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("C:\\Users\\......\\Desktop\\Flavors.txt"));

//windows: c:\\users\\mlevi10\\Desktop\\Mary.txt (sample set up of file locator.)

while ((sCurrentLine = reader.readLine()) != null) {

//System.out.println(sCurrentLine);

myFlavorsList.add(sCurrentLine); // used to get array

}

} catch (IOException e) {

e.printStackTrace(); //<<<< Explains in plain English what is wrong.

System.out.print(e.getMessage());

} finally {

try {

if (reader != null)reader.close();

} catch (IOException ex) {

System.out.println(ex.getMessage());

ex.printStackTrace();

}

}

for(int i = 0; i< myFlavorsList.size(); i++){ // this will print the file backwards. Last line first, 1st line last.

// change the last part (increment) to change the outcome.

System.out.println((i+1)+". " + myFlavorsList.get(i)); // this will print the flavors with a number.

}

String userInput;

Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);

do{

System.out.println("Would you like to add or delete anything to this list?");

userInput = sc.next();

try{

if(userInput.equals("add")){ // Note to self: in Java dot ".equals" be used to test condition of a String, or my code will not continue.

System.out.println("Enter String you want to add.");

myFlavorsList.add( sc.next()); // used to add input additional items/flavors to my existing list. (3, represents the index location.)

// myFileLines.add((userInput));

for(int i = 0; i< myFlavorsList.size(); i++){ // this will print the file backwards. Last line first, 1st line last.

// change the last part (increment) to change the outcome.

System.out.println((i+1)+". " + myFlavorsList.get(i)); // this will print the flavors with a number.

}

}else if(userInput.equals("delete")){

System.out.println("Which position do you want to remove the item?");

myFlavorsList.remove(sc.nextInt()-1); // minus 1 will remove one less than the index. In other words the exact number you put in, as indicated on you list.

for(int i = 0; i< myFlavorsList.size(); i++){ // this for loop is so it goes through the while ist.

System.out.println((i+1)+". " + myFlavorsList.get(i));

}

} //Note: This is ending my if/elseif statement.

}catch (Exception e){

}

}

while(!userInput.equalsIgnoreCase("Proceed"));

System.out.println("I'm sorry, your entered value of "+ userInput + " is invalid.... Please try again."); //keep the printing outside the exception.

//====================================================================================================

//Trying to rank the list, to prioritize them

int[] rank = new int[list.size()];

for (int a = 0; a < list.size(); a++) {

rank[a] = 0;

}

Collections.sort(list);

int currentRanking = 0;

for(int a = 0; a < list.size(); a++){

currentRanking = list.get(a).rank;

currentRanking++;

//System.out.println("Your ranked as been placed in " + currentRanking);

}

for (int a = 0; a < list.size(); a++) {

//System.out.println("Flavor " + "Rank " + "Comments");

// System.out.println(list.get(a).name + " " + list.get(a).rank + " " + list.get(a).comment);

}

for (int a = 0; a < list.size(); a++) {

Scanner user = new Scanner(System.in);

System.out.println("Enter rank for " + list.get(a).name);

do{

try{

int r = sc.nextInt();

if (r > 0 && r <= list.size()) {

addRank(list.get(a).name, r, rank);

rankError = false;

} else {

System.out.println("Number to rank is out of bounds! Try again!");

rankError = true;

}

}catch(Exception e){

e.printStackTrace();

rankError = true;

}

}while(rankError == true);

//to write back

//==================================================================================

// trying write back to a file.

try {

String content = "This is the content to write into file";

File outfile = new File("c://san120/Desktop/changesmade.txt");

// if file doesn't exists, then create it

if (!outfile.exists()) {

outfile.createNewFile();

}

FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(outfile.getAbsoluteFile()); //Open the file for writing

BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(fw);

bw.write(content);

bw.flush(); //Always a good habit to flush when you are through

bw.close();

System.out.println("Done");

} catch (IOException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

//=========================================================================================================

} // This closes my main method

} }