read from files

hi
Im reading data from a file and putting into an array ,I know this works fine because I can loop thru the array and print the contents to the console.However because Im adding the file contents within a while loop ,I dont seem to be able to use the array outside of the loop.So when I actually try to use it ,there is only one item in it instead of 307.

Code:

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File file = new File("c:\\test_list.txt");
       
        try {
            // read in the raw file
            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
           
           
          String s;
        StringTokenizer t;
         
 
            while((s=reader.readLine())!=null) {
            items = s.split(" "); 

          for (int j = 0; j < items.length; j++) {
          if(items[j]==null){
            items[j]="\n";}
             
                System.out.print(items[j]+"\n");
//prints all values
    }
     
       
       
            reader.close();
   
 
  } catch (Exception e){

}

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Im obviously doing something fundamentally wrong..any ideas?
Thanks