Update AssessmentPartFour.java

src/AssessmentPartFour.java

+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -5,20 +11,62 @@ public class AssessmentPartFour {
 
 	List<String> morseCode = new ArrayList<String>();
 
-	public int loadMorseFromFile(String filename)
-	{
+	public int loadMorseFromFile(String filename) {
+		File x = new File(filename); //sets the filename to be the file
+		BufferedReader buffer = null; //internalises the variable
+		int lines = 0; //internalises the line count
 
-		return 0;
+		String Morse = null; //internalises the string
+		try { //used to catch exeptions
 
+			buffer = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(x)); // allows to read the file
+			while ((Morse = buffer.readLine()) != null) { //repeats this while there is a line available
+				morseCode.add(Morse); //adds the line into the arraylist
+				lines++; //increases the line count to the amount of lines in the file
 
 			}
+		} catch (IOException e) { //catches exceptions
+			e.printStackTrace(); //prints the trace to help debug
 
-	public String translateMorse()
-	{
-		return "";
+		} finally {
+
+			try {
+				if (buffer != null) { //if the buffer isnt null
+					buffer.close(); // closes the buffer at the end
+				}
+
+			} catch (FileNotFoundException e) { //catches exceptions
+				e.printStackTrace(); //prints the trace
+			} catch (IOException e) { //catches exceptions
+				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+				e.printStackTrace(); //prints the trace
+			}
 		}
+		System.out.println(morseCode); //prints the morsecode array to help me see if it all worked
 		
 
+		return lines; //returns the line count
+
+	}
+
+	public String translateMorse() {
+		String[] code = { ".-", "-...", "-.-.", "-..", ".", "..-.", "--.", "....", "..", ".---", "-.-", ".-..", "--", // the alphebet in morse including space "/"
+				"-.", "---", ".--.", "--.-", ".-.", "...", "-", "..-", "...-", ".--", "-..-", "-.--", "--..", "/" };
+		String[] Alphabet = { "a", " b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", // the alphebet in english
+				"s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z", " " };
+		String Converted = "";
 			
 		
+		for (int i = 0; i < morseCode.size(); i++) { //loops the legnth of the list
+			for (int j = 0; j < code.length; j++) { //a nested loop looping the legnth of the morse code array
+				if (morseCode.get(i).equals(code[j])) { //if the arraylist element equals a code array element
+					Converted += Alphabet[j]; //converted = the position of the code array element in the Alphebet array
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		morseCode.clear(); //clears previous so it dosent convert the other bit too so if 1 was a and 2 was b it wouldnt return ab it would return b
+
+		return Converted;
+	}
+
 }