File data not being read processing - processing

Question

I am absolutely stuck, my file data is not being read in processing using loadStrings();. I have tried everything. Here is my code:
Main Class
Student[] studentList;
String[] fileData;
void loadFileData(){
fileData = loadStrings("StudentData.txt");
}
void setup(){
loadFileData();
studentList = new Student[fileData.length/3];
for(int i = 0; i < fileData.length/3; i++){
studentList[i].studentName = fileData[i];
studentList[i].studentAddress = fileData[i+1];
studentList[i].studentNumber = parseInt(fileData[i+3]);
}
printArray(fileData);
}
Student Class
class Student{
String studentName;
String studentAddress;
int studentNumber;
Student(String name, String address, int number){
studentName = name;
studentAddress = address;
studentNumber = number;
}
}
My file directory is exactly as follows:
>Processing
>data
>StudentData.txt
>student
>studentSearch
All of the data is formatted in lines, name, address, number, repeat
Thank you!

Answer 1

I copied your code and ran it here in Processing.
I get a NullPointerException on this line:
studentList[i].studentName = fileData[i];
But it's not being caused by the fileData array. You can see this if you print the array immediately after it's loaded. The data is there:
fileData = loadStrings("StudentData.txt");
printArray(fileData);
You get an error because you're trying to access a Student object that doesn't exist. You create an array to hold the objects, but you don't actually put any objects in it before trying to access them in your loop. So studentList[i] is null.
You can pass the data directly to your Student constructor when you create the object:
studentList[i] = new Student(fileData[i], fileData[i+1], parseInt(fileData[i+3]));