added a counter for max users made so that there are no empty rows. e.g if 3 names but 2 titles, 3rd title uses placeholder label.

src/main/java/cvbuilder/Main.java

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ public class Main {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         String file = "data/cv_repo_0.csv";
         UserGroup userGroup = UserGroup.getInstance();
+        int maxUserCount = 0;
 
         try (BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file))) {
             // Skip the first line (Section,Sub-Section,Variants)
@@ -18,30 +19,57 @@ public class Main {
             // Read all lines into memory so we can process by column
             String[] lines = r.lines().toArray(String[]::new);
 
-            // Parse each line
-            for (int lineIndex = 0; lineIndex < lines.length; lineIndex++) {
-                String[] parts = lines[lineIndex].split(",");
+            // First pass: determine maximum number of users
+            for (String line : lines) {
+                String[] parts = line.split(",");
+                int userCount = parts.length - 2; // Subtract first two columns
+                maxUserCount = Math.max(maxUserCount, userCount);
+            }
+
+            // Create all users with default "Unknown" values
+            for (int i = 0; i < maxUserCount; i++) {
+                User user = userGroup.getUser(i);
+                user.setName("Unknown");
+                user.setTitle("Unknown");
+                user.setEmail("Unknown");
+                user.setPhone("Unknown");
+                user.setAddress("Unknown");
+            }
+
+            // Second pass: fill in actual values where available
+            for (String line : lines) {
+                String[] parts = line.split(",");
+
+                if (parts.length < 3) continue;
+
+                String sectionType = parts[0] + "," + parts[1];
 
                 // Process each user column (starting from column 2, index 2)
                 for (int colIndex = 2; colIndex < parts.length; colIndex++) {
                     int userIndex = colIndex - 2; // User index starts from 0
                     User user = userGroup.getUser(userIndex);
+                    String value = parts[colIndex].trim();
 
-                    // Assign attribute based on line content
-                    String sectionType = parts[0] + "," + parts[1];
-                    switch (sectionType) {
-                        case "User,Name" -> user.setName(parts[colIndex]);
-                        case "User,Title" -> user.setTitle(parts[colIndex]);
-                        case "User,Email" -> user.setEmail(parts[colIndex]);
-                        case "Contact Information,Phone" -> user.setPhone(parts[colIndex]);
-                        case "Contact Information,Address" -> user.setAddress(parts[colIndex]);
+                    // Only update if the value is not empty
+                    if (!value.isEmpty()) {
+                        switch (sectionType) {
+                            case "User,Name" -> user.setName(value);
+                            case "User,Title" -> user.setTitle(value);
+                            case "User,Email" -> user.setEmail(value);
+                            case "Contact Information,Phone" -> user.setPhone(value);
+                            case "Contact Information,Address" -> user.setAddress(value);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
+
+            System.out.println("Total users created: " + maxUserCount); // console debug
         } catch (Exception e) {
             System.out.print(e);
         }
 
+        //outside reader.
+
         new MainViewer();
     }
 }