public static void RetrieveSpamFiles() { try { BufferedReader flrdr = new BufferedReader( new FileReader("D:\\IR\\Assignment7\\Pytest\\part2\\output\\spam_docs.txt")); String line = flrdr.readLine(); line = line.substring(1, line.length() - 1); for (String doc : line.split(",")) { spam_docs.add(doc.substring(2, doc.length() - 1).trim()); } flrdr.close(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } }