SEARCHING AND SORTING - Java Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design - page 932

The algorithm for the method main is:
1. Declare and initialize the variables and the objects.
2. Open the input file candData.txt .
3. Read the data from the file candData.txt into the array
candidatesName .
4. Sort the array candidatesName .
5. Open the input file voteData.txt .
6. Process

the voting data and store the results in the array

votesByRegion .
7. Calculate the total votes received by each candidate and store the
results in the array totalVotes .
8. Print the heading.
9. Print the results.

PROGRAM LISTING
//**************************************************************
// Author: D.S. Malik
//
// Program: Election Results
// Given candidates' voting data, this program determines the
// winner of the election. The program outputs the votes
// received by each candidate and the winner.
//**************************************************************

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

public class ElectionResults
{

final static int NO_OF_CANDIDATES = 6;
final static int NO_OF_REGIONS = 4;

public static void main (String[] args) throws
FileNotFoundException

{

//Step 1
String[] candidatesName = new String[NO_OF_CANDIDATES];

int [][] votesByRegion =
new int [NO_OF_CANDIDATES][NO_OF_REGIONS];

int [] totalVotes = new int [NO_OF_CANDIDATES];

Scanner inFile = new Scanner( new
FileReader("candData.txt")); //Step 2