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    <p>From what I can see in the question so far, You would be best off creating your own <code>TriviaQuestion</code> Object which would look something like</p> <pre><code>public class TriviaQuestion { public String question; public String answer; public boolean asked; public String category; TriviaQuestion (String q, String a, String c) { question = q; answer = a; category = c; } } </code></pre> <p>Then you have a few options, but if you have this Object then everything becomes a bit easier. I would create a <code>Map&lt;String,List&lt;TriviaQuestion&gt;&gt;</code> where the key is your category.</p> <p>Then when reading the file, also you should use <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/Scanner.html#hasNextLine%28%29" rel="nofollow"><code>infile.hasNextLine()</code></a> and <code>inFile.nextLine()</code></p> <ol> <li>Read a line (first I assume would be the category)</li> <li>Read next two lines (question and answer) <ul> <li>Create new instance `new TriviaQuestion( question, answer, category)'</li> <li>Add this to the Array list</li> <li>Repeat until blank</li> </ul></li> <li>If next line is blank, add list to map and loop back to (1)</li> </ol> <p>Like: (this is assuming well formed file)</p> <pre><code>String line = inFile.nextLine(); //first line String category = line; while(infile.hasNextLine()) { line = inFile.nextLine(); if(line.isEmpty()) //blank line category = inFile.nextLine(); else { String q = line; String a = inFile.nextLine(); //do other stuff } } </code></pre> <p>Then to ask a question get the list for the category, choose a random question then set it to asked so it doesn't come up again</p> <pre><code>ArrayList&lt;TriviaQuestion&gt; questions = yourMap.get("Science"); Integer aRandomNumber = 23 //(create a random Number using list size) TriviaQuestion questionToAsk = questions.get(aRandomNumber) System.out.println(questionToAsk.question) questionToAsk.asked = true </code></pre>
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    1. CO+1 Nice try...And well accomplished.:)
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    2. CONot so sure how to use a map in Java just yet. But I see where you are coming from with the different attributes. Im still not sure, however, to read from that file and get the parts i need to work with how I want them. If that makes sense.
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    3. CO@Steven Eck Maps are very useful, get to know them when you get the chance. Also see my edit for reading
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