import java.io.*; import java.util.ArrayList; class Testing { public Testing() { try { String[][] matrix; ArrayList list = new ArrayList(); BufferedReader fr = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("data.txt")); String line = ""; while((line = fr.readLine()) != null) list.add(line.replaceAll(" ","")); matrix = new String[list.size()][]; for(int x = 0; x < matrix.length; x++) matrix[x] = ((String)list.get(x)).split(","); System.out.println(matrix[1][1]); } catch(Exception e){System.out.println("error - exiting");} } public static void main(String[] args){new Testing();} }