Exporting Data to a Text File

[Mixelplixed]

Hello,

How can I make it so that the output from this statement:

System.out.println("Hello is now in a text file")

gets copied into a text file on my desktop. Is there an easy way to
do this or is it rather difficult?

Thanks,

Mix

[Paul Clapham]

You can do this from outside the program by redirecting your output:

java theClass >textfile.txt

If you aren't running from a command line, but from an IDE, then I don't
know how to do this but your IDE's documentation should tell you how, if
it's possible.

Or you can do it from inside the program by using the System.setOut() method
to redirect to a PrintStream, which you can associate with a
FileOutputStream that references your text file.

PC2

Mixelplixed <mixelplixed@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3a07d684$1@news.devx.com...
>
> Hello,
>
> How can I make it so that the output from this statement:
>
> System.out.println("Hello is now in a text file")
>
> gets copied into a text file on my desktop. Is there an easy way to
> do this or is it rather difficult?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mix
>
>
>

[John Timney (MVP)]

import java.io.*;

public class MyFirstFileWritingApp
{
// Main method
public static void main (String args[])
{
// Stream to write file
FileOutputStream fout;

try
{
// Open an output stream
fout = new FileOutputStream ("myfile.txt");

// Print a line of text
new PrintStream(fout).println ("hello world!");

// Close our output stream
fout.close();
}
// Catches any error conditions
catch (IOException e)
{
System.err.println ("Unable to write to file");
System.exit(-1);
}
}
}


--
Regards

John Timney
Microsoft MVP
(http://support.microsoft.com/support/mvp/program.asp)
Co-Author Professional JSP
ISBN: 1-861003-62-5



Mixelplixed <mixelplixed@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3a07d684$1@news.devx.com...

Hello,

How can I make it so that the output from this statement:

System.out.println("Hello is now in a text file")

gets copied into a text file on my desktop. Is there an easy way to
do this or is it rather difficult?

Thanks,

Mix

[Mixelplixed]

That's exactly what I was looking for. I read about the Output Streams
and Print Streams but couldn't quite piece it all together.

Many Thanks,

Mix

"John Timney (MVP)" <xyztimneyj@btinternet.com> wrote:
>import java.io.*;
>
>public class MyFirstFileWritingApp
>{
> // Main method
> public static void main (String args[])
> {
> // Stream to write file
> FileOutputStream fout;
>
> try
> {
> // Open an output stream
> fout = new FileOutputStream ("myfile.txt");
>
> // Print a line of text
> new PrintStream(fout).println ("hello world!");
>
> // Close our output stream
> fout.close();
> }
> // Catches any error conditions
> catch (IOException e)
> {
> System.err.println ("Unable to write to file");
> System.exit(-1);
> }
> }
>}
>
>
>--
>Regards
>
>John Timney
>Microsoft MVP
>(http://support.microsoft.com/support/mvp/program.asp)
>Co-Author Professional JSP
>ISBN: 1-861003-62-5
>
>
>
>Mixelplixed <mixelplixed@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:3a07d684$1@news.devx.com...
>
>Hello,
>
> How can I make it so that the output from this statement:
>
>System.out.println("Hello is now in a text file")
>
> gets copied into a text file on my desktop. Is there an easy way to
>do this or is it rather difficult?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mix
>
>
>
>
>