String in ArrayList Not Outputting

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I don't see the declaration of the variable `input`. What is it? Should it be the Scanner variable? — Riccardo Chimisso, May 15 '20 at 15:38
Do you have access to the `Process` class? Seeing the code in that class could be helpful. — Evan Bailey, May 15 '20 at 15:45
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score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 15 '20 at 16:55

scan.next() function gets the next input string. That is why you get an empty line for process name because the name is already taken by the next function in the while condition. Either use hasNext() to check if there is a next line or get and put input to a string variable and compare it with the word 'finish'.

You can see the explanation in the documentation: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Scanner.html#next()

Quoting from the documentation: "next : Finds and returns the next complete token from this scanner"

Arvind Kumar Avinash · Answer 2 · 2020-05-15T17:02:30.853

The problem is because of using next() instead of nextLine(). Check Scanner is skipping nextLine() after using next() or nextFoo()? to learn more about it.

Replace

while (!scan.next().equalsIgnoreCase("finish"))

with

while (!scan.nextLine().equalsIgnoreCase("finish"))

Also, it's better to use do...while which guarantees to execute its body at least once i.e.

do {

    Process p = new Process();

    String pn = "";
    String bt = "";
    String at = "";
    pn = input.nextLine();
    bt = input.nextLine();
    at = input.nextLine();

    System.out.println("Process name, CPU Burst Time, Arrival time\n ");

    p.process_name = pn;
    p.burstTime = Float.parseFloat(bt);
    p.arrivalTime = Float.parseFloat(at);
    fcfs.add(p);

} while (!scan.nextLine().equalsIgnoreCase("finish"));

String in ArrayList Not Outputting

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