a simpler and cleaner way would be
String line = in.readLine();
while (line != null)
{
String arr [] = line.split ();
if(arr.length == 3)
{
attendee3[0] = arr[0];
attendee3[1] = arr[1];
attendee3[2] = arr[2];
}
// other count code
line = in.readLine();
}