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Thread: So you want to know how to modify a file...

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    Smile So you want to know how to modify a file...

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    Default Re: So you want to know how to modify a file...

    try {
        scanner = new Scanner(new File("/Users/YourName/Desktop/originalFile.txt")); //This is a mac directory
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { //If the file does not exist, show a fancy output
     
        System.out.println("This file does not exist!");
        /*
         *If you want to, you can also add "e.printStackTrace();", but we already know
         *what the problem is. printStackTrace(); shows what the error is. "e" is the exceptions name.
         */
    }
    In fact a FileNotFoundException is thrown under all sorts of circumstances (access rights, invalid syntax) so we don't really now what the problem is.

    If you are going to include exception logic in the example the catch block should probably return, otherwise there will be a NullPointerException later.

    Did you mean to write the altered words to the output file? Otherwise the FileWriter isn't doing anything, and the converted words are never used.

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    Default Re: So you want to know how to modify a file...

    This is just a half done code, I wrote it quickly, I'll modify it. You learn something new every day!

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    Default Re: So you want to know how to modify a file...

    I hoped you wouldn't mind that I commented. (I assumed that or you wouldn't have posted it publicly.)

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    Default Re: So you want to know how to modify a file...

    I don't mind at all, I'm actually glad you optimized the code. Congrats on getting 900 posts!

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