1  import java.io.BufferedReader;
 2  import java.io.FileReader;
 3  import java.io.IOException;
 4  import java.util.ArrayList;
 5  
 6  public class Bot {
 7  	static final String ds = "$";
 8  	
 9  	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
10  	}
11  	
12  	public static Symbol[] getRandomStocks(int num) throws IOException {
13  		String fileName = "stocks.txt";
14  		String line = null;
15  		FileReader fileReader;
16  		ArrayList<String> stocks = new ArrayList<String>();
17  		Symbol[] randomStocks = new Symbol[num];
18  
19  		try { // Gets all stocks and adds them to ArrayList<String> stocks
20  			fileReader = new FileReader(fileName);
21  			BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(fileReader);
22  			while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
23  				stocks.add(line);
24  			}
25  			bufferedReader.close();
26  		} catch (Exception e) {}
27  
28  		int stocksSize = stocks.size();
29  
30  		//NOTE - This method may return duplicates
31  		for (int f = 0; f < num; f++) { // Adds 30 random stocks to Symbol[]
32  			// randomStocks
33  			int random = (int) (Math.random() * (stocksSize));
34  			randomStocks[f] = new Symbol(stocks.remove(random));
35  		}
36  		return randomStocks;
37  	}
38  }