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Thread: create new file, ask user to write in it, save finally print content of file

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    Default create new file, ask user to write in it, save finally print content of file

    1. creates a file.
    2. ask user to write into that file
    3. save the file
    4. print content of file.

    is my current exercise
    so far i have gotten the code to create a file

    what should i use to ask user to write into that file and save?

    package assignment7;
     
    import java.io.*;
     
    public class Exercise2 
    {
    	public static void main  ( String [  ]  args )  
        {  
         String filePath="newfile.txt"; 
         File newFile = new File ( filePath ) ; 
         try 
          {  
           if ( newFile.createNewFile (  )  )  
            {  
             System.out.println ( "New File Created." ) ; 
            }  
           else 
            {  
             System.out.println ( "File already exists." ) ; 
            }  
          }  
         catch  ( IOException ioe )  
          {  
           System.out.println ( "IOException = " + ioe.getMessage (  )  ) ; 
          }  
        }
    }


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    Default Re: create new file, ask user to write in it, save finally print content of file

    Absent any specific instructions (are you sure?), ask the user for his/her name and write that to the file.

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    Default Re: create new file, ask user to write in it, save finally print content of file

    what should i use to ask user to write into that file and save?
    Since its a console program, use println() to ask the questions and the methods of the Scanner class to read the user's response. Do a Search on the forum for plenty of examples of usages of Scanner class methods.
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    Default Re: create new file, ask user to write in it, save finally print content of file

    I have attempted a new code and got a little further.
    I do still have to figure out how to save to the created file.

    package assignment7;
     
    import java.io.*;
    import java.util.*;
    public class Exercise2 
    {
    	public static void main  ( String [  ]  args )  throws IOException
        {  
    		Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
     
     
    		File f;
    		 f=new File("myfile.txt");
     
    		 if(!f.exists());
    		  {
    			  f.createNewFile();
    			  System.out.println("New file \"myfile.txt\" has been created to the current directory.");
    		  }
        	System.out.print("Enter your age as an integer: ");
        	int age = scan.nextInt();
     
        	System.out.println("Your age is " + age);
        }
    }

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    Default Re: create new file, ask user to write in it, save finally print content of file

    To write in a file you need to use a class and its methods. For example the PrintWriter class class has methods for writing a String and other data types to a file.
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    Default Re: create new file, ask user to write in it, save finally print content of file

    so how do i save to the file? cause the current code already askes the user for age and prints it out?

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    Default Re: create new file, ask user to write in it, save finally print content of file

    Create an instance of PrintWriter and use its methods to write data to the file. When finished writing to the file, close it.

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