creating a highscore with file io in Java -

i have been attempting create highscore file.io have not been able it. code have.

public void highscore () {     int highscore = 0;     string line = "";     try     {         bufferedreader reader = new bufferedreader (new filereader ("highscores"));         while ((line = reader.readline ()) != null)                 // read score file line line         {             try             {                 int score = integer.parseint (line); // parse each line int                 if (score > highscore)                       // , keep track of largest                 {                     highscore = score;                 }             }             catch (numberformatexception e1)             {                 // ignore invalid scores                 //system.err.println("ignoring invalid score: " + line);             }             line = reader.readline ();         }         reader.close ();      }     catch (ioexception ex)     {         system.err.println ("error reading scores file");     }     c.println (highscore); } 

my text file has numbers in in each line

i guess get:

"error reading scores file"

you should fix filename extension:

bufferedreader reader = new bufferedreader (new filereader ("highscores.txt")); 

and make sure file lies in project's folder.

also, notice read 2 lines file each time, @ end of while loop , in while header, delete line = reader.readline (); @ end of loop.