Hi

I've been trying to figure this out but I just can't seem to get it working. My program searches through directories based on user input. When I was hard coding the directory I had no problem but I have now decided to use the Scanner class to accept user input and now I receive a null pointer exception. When the directories do not contain spaces I have no problem. I'll attach a copy of the code.

Thanks

hally

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

public class DirectoryLookup {

public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Please enter directory: ");
File path = new File(input.next());

//File path = new File("C:\\Documents and Settings\\hally");

System.out.println(path);

File[] FilesInDir = path.listFiles();

if (FilesInDir.length == 0 ){
System.out.println("No Files exsits in "+path+" directory");
}
else {
for (int i=0; i<FilesInDir.length; i++) {
System.out.println(FilesInDir[i].getName().toString());

}
}
}
}

I just figured it out instead, of:
File path = new File(input.next());
use this,
File path = new File(input.nextLine());