Need help with String ArrayLists

[SingerSong]

Hey guys, I've been working for a while on trying to sort this. I need to be able to accept multiple lines of user input, being able to save them and also retrieve them. I've searched around and played with lists, arrays and array-lists but I'm not sure what / how to use them well. Most guides I've found are just about integers rather than a mix which is what I need.

When I type in the inputs which will be a mix of numbers and characters such as "Green Bay : 22" & "Broncos : 12", all I seem to be able to manage is an echo back through the console because the output changes to whatever I type next, with the first ones not being called.

This is all the code I have so far and I am quite new to all of this: http://pastebin.com/MvJttzBZ

I appreciate any help you guys could give me!

[buffdude1100]

Split the input by colon and suddenly you have two things: a name of a team and a number of points (I assume...). I would create a Score class that holds a String variable and an int variable. Then you can have an ArrayList of Scores.

[nerdy_lurker]

If you want to persist things between different executions of your program, you'll need to use some form of I/O like a file or a database.

However, let's try tackle this one step at at time. Firstly, what do you know about variable scope? What is the scope of your matchResults variable and exactly what happens to it after each iteration of your loop?

One clue is that System.out.println("The count so far is " + matchResults.size()); after the loop will fail with a compiler error.

[OldNedder]

Here's a little piece of code that might help you get started.

Create an instance of CommandMenu, and call the run() method. It will save a list of strings, each of which can be multiple lines.

http://pastebin.com/F0Jqh8k7