I'm working on a project where 3 text files stored into a folder. I'm trying to avoid hardcoding the 3 paths into the source file.
That being said, I would like to run the program by typing at the prompt:java sourceCode folderName.
Please see below what I've achieved so far
:
    import java.util.Scanner ;
    import java.io.*;
    public class Indexes {
        //main method
        public static void main (String[] args)throws IOException {
            for (String MyFolder: args) {
                Scanner textFile =new Scanner(inputFile);
                //read the inputFile
                inputFile=textFile.nextLine();
                //two other objects
                File input =new File(inputFile);
                Scanner scan=new Scanner(input);
                int thesize=0;  
                int page=0;
                while (scan.hasNext()){
                    String readprt=scan.next();
                    //char[] c = s.toCharArray(); //conversion into character
                    char [] charArray=readprt.toCharArray();  //conversion of word of type string into type character
                    int size=charArray.length ; //length of word
                    thesize +=size;
                    if (thesize <=100){
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
import java.util.Scanner ;
import java.io.*;
public class Indexes {
    /*
    //creation of constructor
    public ReadFile (String inf){
    }
    public WriteFile (String outf){
    } */
    //main method
    public static void main (String[] args)throws IOException {
        for (String MyFolder: args) {
            MyFolder="C:/Users/youpi/Desktop/DataScience/DS730/Lesson2/MyFolder/huckfinn.txt";
            MyFolder="C:/Users/youpi/Desktop/DataScience/DS730/Lesson2/MyFolder/wap.txt";
            MyFolder="C:/Users/youpi/Desktop/DataScience/DS730/Lesson2/MyFolder/moby.txt";
            //System.out.println(MyFolder);
        //create objects for ("huckfinn.txt")
        //String inputFile="huckfinn.txt" ; //, outputFile="huckfinn_output.txt" ;
        String inputFile=MyFolder ;
        Scanner textFile =new Scanner(inputFile);
        //read the inputFile
        inputFile=textFile.nextLine();
        //write into  the outputFiles by defining an object for each of the files
        PrintWriter printer1 =new PrintWriter("C:/Users/youpi/Desktop/DataScience/DS730/Lesson2/MyFolder/huckfinn_output.txt");
        PrintWriter printer2 =new PrintWriter("C:/Users/youpi/Desktop/DataScience/DS730/Lesson2/MyFolder/wap_output.txt");
        PrintWriter printer3 =new PrintWriter("C:/Users/youpi/Desktop/DataScience/DS730/Lesson2/MyFolder/moby_output.txt"); 
        //two other objects
        File input =new File(inputFile);
        Scanner scan=new Scanner(input);
        int thesize=0;  
        int page=0;
        while (scan.hasNext()){
            String readprt=scan.next();
            //char[] c = s.toCharArray(); //conversion into character
            char [] charArray=readprt.toCharArray();  //conversion of word of type string into type character
            int size=charArray.length ; //length of word
                        /*printer1.println(readprt+":"+" "+size); */
                        //printer1.println("Size of"+" "+readprt+":"+ " "+counter);
                        //printer2.println(readprt+":"+" "+size);
                        //printer2.println("Size of"+" "+readprt+":"+ " "+counter);
                        //printer3.println(readprt+":"+" "+size);
                        //printer3.println("Size of"+" "+readprt+":"+ " "+counter);
                                                 //read next word on the next line 
                    /* }
                }
            }  */
            //printer1.println(readprt);
            //printer2.println(readprt);
            //printer3.println(readprt); 
                                    // the government of the people by the people
                                    thesize +=size;
                                    if (thesize <=100){
                                        printer1.println(readprt+":"+" "+size);
                                        printer2.println(readprt+":"+" "+size);
                                        printer3.println(readprt+":"+" "+size);
                                        continue ;
                                    } else {
                                        page ++;
                                        printer1.println("character count <=100:"+ " "+(thesize-size));
                                        printer1.println("                              Page"+" "+"-"+page+"-"+"                              ");
                                        printer2.println("character count <=100:"+ " "+(thesize-size));
                                        printer2.println("                              Page"+" "+"-"+page+"-"+"                              ");
                                        printer3.println("character count <=100:"+ " "+(thesize-size));
                                        printer3.println("                              Page"+" "+"-"+page+"-"+"                              ");
                                        thesize=0;
                                    }
            }
        //close objects 
        printer1.close();
        printer2.close();
        printer3.close(); 
        //object to read in methods
        //Index ReadObj = new Index();
        }
    }
}
 
     
    