here is what i have so far.. alot of help from my classmates

src/main/java/io/zipcoder/ItemParser.java

@@ -2,30 +2,159 @@ package io.zipcoder;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public class ItemParser {
 
-
+    private Pattern pattern;
+    private Matcher matcher;
+    private int counter = 0;
+    private Main main = new Main();
+    private Map<String ,ArrayList<Item>> groceryListMap = new HashMap<String, ArrayList<Item>>();
+    // Splits string based on ##
     public ArrayList<String> parseRawDataIntoStringArray(String rawData){
         String stringPattern = "##";
         ArrayList<String> response = splitStringWithRegexPattern(stringPattern , rawData);
         return response;
     }
 
-    public Item parseStringIntoItem(String rawItem) throws ItemParseException{
-        return null;
-    }
-
     public ArrayList<String> findKeyValuePairsInRawItemData(String rawItem){
-        String stringPattern = "[;|^]";
+        String stringPattern = "[^|*|@|!|$|%|&|;]";
         ArrayList<String> response = splitStringWithRegexPattern(stringPattern , rawItem);
         return response;
     }
-
-    private ArrayList<String> splitStringWithRegexPattern(String stringPattern, String inputString){
+    private ArrayList<String> splitStringWithRegexPattern(String stringPattern, String inputString) {
         return new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(inputString.split(stringPattern)));
     }
 
+    public Item parseStringIntoItem(String rawItem) throws ItemParseException {
+        if (findName(rawItem) == null || findPrice(rawItem) == null){
+            throw new ItemParseException();
+
+        }
+        String itemName = findName(rawItem);
+        Double ittemPrice = Double.parseDouble(findPrice(rawItem));
+        String itemType = findType(rawItem);
+        String itemExpiration = findExpiration(rawItem);
+
+        return new Item(itemName,ittemPrice,itemType,itemExpiration);
+
+
+
+    }
+    public String findName(String rawItem){
+        String search = "(?<=([Nn][Aa][Mm][Ee][^A-Za-z])).*?(?=[^A-Za-z0])";
+        pattern = Pattern.compile(search);
+        matcher = pattern.matcher(rawItem);
+
+        if (matcher.find()){
+            if (!matcher.group().equals("")){
+                String name = matcher.group().replaceAll("\\d","o");
+                return name.toLowerCase();
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+    public String findPrice(String rawItem){
+        pattern =Pattern.compile("(?<=([Pp][Rr][Ii][Cc][Ee][^A-Za-z])).*?(?=[^0-9.])");
+        matcher = pattern.matcher(rawItem);
+
+        if (matcher.find()){
+            if (!matcher.group().equals("")){
+                return matcher.group();
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+    public String findType(String rawItem){
+        pattern =Pattern.compile("(?<=([Tt][Yy][Pp][Ee][^A-Za-z])).*?(?=[^A-Za-z0])");
+        matcher.pattern().matcher(rawItem);
+
+        if (matcher.find()){
+            return matcher.group().toLowerCase();
+
+            }
+        return null;
+        }
+
+
+
+    public String findExpiration(String rawItem){
+        pattern = Pattern.compile("(?<=([Tt][Yy][Pp][Ee][^A-Za-z])).*?(?=[^A-Za-z0])(.) + [^#]");
+        matcher = pattern.matcher(rawItem);
+
+        if (matcher.find()){
+            return matcher.group();
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+    public Map<String, ArrayList<Item>> getMap() throws Exception{
+        ArrayList<String> listOfItems = parseRawDataIntoStringArray(main.readRawDataToString());
+
+        for (String item : listOfItems){
+            try {
+                Item newItem = parseStringIntoItem(item);
+                if (!groceryListMap.containsKey(newItem.getName())){
+                    ArrayList<Item> myItem = new ArrayList<Item>();
+                    myItem.add(newItem);
+                    groceryListMap.put(newItem.getName(),myItem);
+                }else {
+                    groceryListMap.get(newItem.getName()).add(newItem);
+                }
+            }catch (ItemParseException e){
+                counter++;
+            }
+        }
+        return groceryListMap;
+    }
+
+    public String display() throws Exception{
+        groceryListMap = getMap();
+        StringBuilder displayBuild = new StringBuilder();
+
+        for (Map.Entry<String,ArrayList<Item>> item: groceryListMap.entrySet()){
+            String upperCase = item.getKey().substring(0,1).toUpperCase() + item.getKey().substring(1);
+
+            displayBuild.append("\n" + String.format("%-5s%10s%15s%2d%5s", "name:", upperCase, "seen: ", item.getValue().size(), "  times"));
+            displayBuild.append("\n" + String.format("%15s%3s%5s", "===============", "\t\t\t", "===============") + "\n");
+
+            ArrayList<Double> uniquePriceList = getUniquePrices(item);
+            for (int i = 0; i < uniquePriceList.size(); i++) {
+                displayBuild.append(String.format("%-11s%.2f%15s%2d%5s", "Price:", uniquePriceList.get(i), "seen: ", seenPriceOccurences(item.getValue(), uniquePriceList.get(i)), "  times"));
+                displayBuild.append("\n" + String.format("%15s%3s%5s", "---------------", "\t\t\t", "---------------") + "\n");
+            }
+
+        }
+        displayBuild.append("\n" + String.format("%-20s%10s%2d%5s", "Errors", "seen: ", counter, "  times"));
+
+        return displayBuild.toString();
+
+    }
+    public int seenPriceOccurences(ArrayList<Item> list, Double price) {
+        int countPrice =0;
+        for (int i =0; i < list.size();i++){
+            if (list.get(i).getPrice().equals(price)){
+                countPrice++;
+            }
+        }
+        return countPrice;
+    }
+
+
+    private ArrayList<Double> getUniquePrices(Map.Entry<String, ArrayList<Item>> item) {
+        ArrayList<Double> uniquePrice = new ArrayList<Double>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < item.getValue().size();i++){
+            if (!uniquePrice.contains(item.getValue().get(i).getPrice()));
+            uniquePrice.add(item.getValue().get(i).getPrice());
+
+        }
+        return uniquePrice;
+
+    }
 
 
 }

src/main/java/io/zipcoder/Main.java

@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ public class Main {
         String output = (new Main()).readRawDataToString();
         System.out.println(output);
         // TODO: parse the data in output into items, and display to console.
+        ItemParser itemParser = new ItemParser();
+        System.out.println(itemParser.display());
     }
 }