import java.io.FileReader;
import java.util.Scanner;



public class diverScores
{


	public static void main(String[] args)
    {

		Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);
		double [] score = new double [8];
		double totalScore = 0.00;

		Scanner fileScanner=null;
		try{
		fileScanner= new Scanner(new FileReader("divingdata.txt"));
	    }catch(Exception e)
	    {
			System.out.println("Input file not found");
			System.exit(1);
	    }
	    while(fileScanner.hasNext())
	    {
			String fileLine = fileScanner.nextLine();
			String diverName = fileLine.substring(0,fileLine.indexOf("-"));
			String strScore = fileLine.substring(fileLine.indexOf("-")+2, fileLine.length());
			String strScoreArray[] = strScore.split(" ");

			for(int i =0; i<strScoreArray.length; i++)
			{
				score [i] = Double.parseDouble(strScoreArray [i]);
		    }
		    totalScore = calculateScore(score,8);
		    totalScore = totalScore - highScore(score, 8) - lowScore(score, 8);

		    System.out.printf((diverName) +" - "+ (totalScore%.2f) + "points\n");
	    }

    }


private static double highScore(double[] score, int maxCount)
{

         double highScore = 0;
         highScore = score[0];
         for(int i=0;i<maxCount;i++)
         {

               if (score[i] > highScore) {
                    highScore = score[i];
               }
         }
         return highScore;
}

     private static double lowScore(double[] score, int maxCount)
     {
         double lowScore = 0;
         lowScore = score[0];
         for(int i=0;i<maxCount;i++)
         {

                 //Compare the current score with the high score.


               if (score[i] < lowScore) {
                    lowScore = score[i];
               }
          }
         return lowScore;
     }


      //calculateScore function for calculating the score from the array

     private static double calculateScore(double [ ] score,int maxCount)
     {


           // Sum the scores,

          double total = 0.00;
          for (int i = 0; i < maxCount; i++) {
                 total = total + score[i];
          }
          return total;
     }

}

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String diverName = fileLine.substring(0,fileLine.indexOf("-"));
String strScore = fileLine.substring(fileLine.indexOf("-")+2, fileLine.length());

Guess what happens if there is no "-" in any particular line. ;-)

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