I am trying to create a method that calculates the averages of numbers in two arrays

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import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;


public class Marks {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    Marks r = new Marks();
    double[] finalArray = r.openFile();
    double[] finalArray2 = r.openFile2();


}
//ID's and first set of grades

private Scanner a;

public double[] openFile() {
    ArrayList<String> list1 = new ArrayList<String>(7);
    try {
        a = new Scanner(new File("IR101.txt"));
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println("could not find file");
    }
    while (a.hasNextLine()) {
        list1.add(a.nextLine());

    }

    String[] arrayOne = list1.toArray(new String[list1.size()]);
    Arrays.sort(arrayOne);
    //System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arrayOne));
    int size = arrayOne.length;
    double[] finalArray = new double[size];
    for (int j = 0; j < size; j++) {
        String word = arrayOne[j];
        String newWord = word.substring(6, 10);
        double grade = Double.parseDouble(newWord);
        finalArray[j] = grade;

    }return finalArray;



}
//ID's and second set of grades


private Scanner b;

public double[] openFile2() {
    ArrayList<String> list2 = new ArrayList<String>(7);
    try {
        b = new Scanner(new File("IR102.txt"));
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println("could not find file");
    }
    while (b.hasNextLine()) {
        list2.add(b.nextLine());
    }
    String[] arrayTwo = list2.toArray(new String[list2.size()]);
    Arrays.sort(arrayTwo);
    //System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arrayTwo));
    int size = arrayTwo.length;
    double[] finalArray2 = new double[size];
    for (int j = 0; j < size; j++) {
        String word = arrayTwo[j];
        String newWord = word.substring(6, 10);
        double grade2 = Double.parseDouble(newWord);
        finalArray2[j] = grade2;
    }return finalArray2;

}



// ID's and names

private Scanner c;

public void openFile3() {
    ArrayList<String> list3 = new ArrayList<String>(7);
    try {
        c = new Scanner(new File("IRStudents.txt"));
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println("could not find file");
    }
    while (c.hasNextLine()) {
        list3.add(c.nextLine());
    }
    String[] arrayThree = list3.toArray(new String[list3.size()]);
    Arrays.sort(arrayThree);
    //System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arrayThree));
    int size = arrayThree.length;

    String[] names = new String[size];
    for (int j = 0; j < size; j++) {
        names[j] = arrayThree[j].substring(6);
    }
    String[] IDs = new String[size];
    for (int x = 0; x < size; x++){
        IDs[x] = arrayThree[x].substring(0,5);
    }
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(names));
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(IDs));

}
public void calculateAvg() {


}

}

I am trying to access the numbers in finalArray and finalArray2 but I am not sure how to do this when I try to call on the two arrays it does not work I think it is to do with the scope of the arrays.So how do I make the two array accessible to the whole program.

asked 1 min ago

jayoguntino

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I am trying to create a method that calculates the averages of numbers in two arrays