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Thread: Writing Integers to a file

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    Default Writing Integers to a file

    I'm trying to ask the user to enter 7 scores by writetofile method by a loop that get written on a file on a separate line.

    This is what I have so far:
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
            writeToFile ("c:\\scores.txt");
    }
     
    public static void writeToFile (String filename) throws IOException {
            BufferedWriter outputWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(filename));
            Scanner reader = new Scanner (System.in);
            int Num;
            System.out.println ("Please enter 7 scores");
            Num= reader.nextInt ();
            while !(Num < 0) { 
            for (int i = 0; i <= 7; i++)
               Num= reader.nextInt ();
               outputWriter.write(Num);
               outputWriter.newLine();
            }
            outputWriter.flush(); 
            outputWriter.close();
    }
    On this line, while !(Num < 0) { the error is '(' expected...how do I fix this?
    Also, the when I run the program, it asks for 7 scores, but it just keeps going with the user typing integers. Also, the file gets cleared and no scores show up there.


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    Default Re: Writing Integers to a file

    The condition for the while statement should be completely inside the ()s.

    How can the code execute with compiler errors?
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    Default Re: Writing Integers to a file

    I fixed it, but the problem now is that it still takes more than 7 scores...and it does not seem to just stop.

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    Default Re: Writing Integers to a file

    There are a couple of coding conventions you are not following:
    You should always use {}s with loops to enclose the code that is in the loop. Same for if statements.
    Nested statements within loops should be indented.
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    Default Re: Writing Integers to a file

    Is this better?
     public static void writeToFile (String filename) throws IOException {
            BufferedWriter outputWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(filename));
            Scanner reader = new Scanner (System.in);
            int Num;
            System.out.println ("Please enter 7 scores");
            Num= reader.nextInt ();
            while (!(Num < 0)) { 
                for (int i = 0; i <= 7; i++) {
                    Num= reader.nextInt ();
                    outputWriter.write(Num);
                    outputWriter.newLine();
                }
            }
            outputWriter.flush(); 
            outputWriter.close();
    }

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    Default Re: Writing Integers to a file

    How does the code execute now?
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    Default Re: Writing Integers to a file

    It still has the same problems as before.

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    Default Re: Writing Integers to a file

    How many numbers does it read?
    How many numbers are written to the file?
    What happens to the first number that is read?

    When do you expect the code to exit the while() loop?
    What is the value of Num after the code exits the for loop? Add a println statement to print its value.
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    Default Re: Writing Integers to a file

    This is what happens
    Please enter 7 scores
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    5
    Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NumberFormatException: empty String
    at sun.misc.FloatingDecimal.readJavaFormatString(Floa tingDecimal.java:1011)
    at java.lang.Double.parseDouble(Double.java:540)
    at writefile.Writefile.processFile(Writefile.java:46)
    at writefile.Writefile.main(Writefile.java:19)
    Java Result: 1
    BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 4 minutes 25 seconds)
    It should read 7. How can i check the file? I entered 7 numbers at first, but nothing happened,but once I type in the eighth integer it gives me an error.
    This is my code by the way.
    public static void writeToFile (String filename) throws IOException {
            BufferedWriter outputWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(filename));
            Scanner reader = new Scanner (System.in);
            int Num;
            System.out.println ("Please enter 7 scores");
                for (int i = 0; i <= 7; i++) {
                    Num= reader.nextInt ();
                    outputWriter.write(Num);
                    outputWriter.newLine();
                }
            outputWriter.flush(); 
            outputWriter.close();
    }

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    Default Re: Writing Integers to a file

    Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NumberFormatException: empty String
    at sun.misc.FloatingDecimal.readJavaFormatString(Floa tingDecimal.java:1011)
    at java.lang.Double.parseDouble(Double.java:540)
    at writefile.Writefile.processFile(Writefile.java:46)
    at writefile.Writefile.main(Writefile.java:19)
    That error happens in the processFile() method at line 46 where it calls the parseDouble() method.
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    Default Re: Writing Integers to a file

    How do I fix this error?

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    Default Re: Writing Integers to a file

    Test the variable being passes to the parseDouble() method and make sure it is not an empty string:
    If string is not empty
    call parseDouble
    else
    don't call parseDouble
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    Default Re: Writing Integers to a file

    I don't know how to do that because I thought one of the number I typed in would get printed onto the file.

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    Default Re: Writing Integers to a file

    Use an if statement to test if the String is empty and don't use it if it is.
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