Append to exsisting text file

[Dave W]

Hi,

I'm hoping for some guideance. I'm trying append to the bottom of a text
file using Java.

Any advice, further reading would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,
Dave

[Luca Paganelli]

See

public PrintWriter(Writer out,
boolean autoFlush)

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[Fahd Shariff]

See

FileWriter
public FileWriter(String fileName,
boolean append)
throws IOException

Constructs a FileWriter object given a file name with a boolean
indicating whether or not to append the data written.

Sample code:

BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(
new FileWriter("myfile.txt",true)) ;
writer.write("HELLO") ;
writer.close() ;

Fahd Shariff
http://www.fahdshariff.cjb.net
"Let the code do the talking..."

[Dave W]

Thanks for that, but i'm hoping you can help me with my syntax. It
currently makes a new text file/replaces but i'm unsure how to append an
already exsisting one.

This is what i have:

try
{
String outName = "out.txt";
FileWriter out = new FileWriter(outName);
writer.write(total);
writer.newLine();
writer.close();
}

Thanks,
Dave

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See

FileWriter
public FileWriter(String fileName,
boolean append)
throws IOException

Constructs a FileWriter object given a file name with a boolean
indicating whether or not to append the data written.

Sample code:

BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(
new FileWriter("myfile.txt",true)) ;
writer.write("HELLO") ;
writer.close() ;

Fahd Shariff
http://www.fahdshariff.cjb.net
"Let the code do the talking..."

[Dave W]

Sorry, let me correct that:

try
{
//ask user for file name to write to

FileWriter out = new FileWriter("out.txt");
BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(out);
writer.write(total);
writer.close();
}

[Fahd Shariff]

Change to :
FileWriter out = new FileWriter("out.txt", true);

If the file does not exist it is created and if it does, text is appended to it.

Fahd Shariff
http://www.fahdfshariff.cjb.net