Please Help

[Eranga]

You are welcome.

[Starr29]

Does this code only output the last line of the poem to the datafile?
When I run it in Ready to Program Java IDE, it doesn't run.

I don't know what you are doing on the Console class. So I've put all output to the console here.

public class NumberedPoem {
    
    static Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in);
    
    public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException {

        // Declare variables
        String fileName, line;
        int number;
        number = 0;


        System.out.print("What is the name of the data file? "); // Open up Poem
        fileName = input.nextLine();

        BufferedReader bufReader;
        bufReader = new BufferedReader (new FileReader (fileName));

        while ((line = bufReader.readLine ()) != null) { //Loop terminates at end of file
            number++;
            System.out.println(number + " " + line);
            writeToFile(line);
        }
    }
    
    public static void writeToFile(String textLine) throws IOException {
        PrintWriter output;
        output = new PrintWriter (new FileWriter ("C:/Poem2.txt"));
        
        output.write(textLine);
        output.write(System.getProperty("line.separator")); // New line
        
        output.close();
    }
}

[Eranga]

Did you try it what happen? I think you only get the last line of the original file to the new one, is it?

You cannot identify why it's happen?

Look at the following two lines of code of the writeToFile() method.

        PrintWriter output;
        output = new PrintWriter (new FileWriter ("C:/Poem2.txt"));

Once read a line from the original file you call that writeToFile() method with it. Each time you initiate a new PrintWriter object, and what happen is new file is created and replace the original.

[Starr29]

How am I suppose to edit the code to show the whole poem?

Thanks.

Did you try it what happen? I think you only get the last line of the original file to the new one, is it?

You cannot identify why it's happen?

Look at the following two lines of code of the writeToFile() method.

        PrintWriter output;
        output = new PrintWriter (new FileWriter ("C:/Poem2.txt"));

Once read a line from the original file you call that writeToFile() method with it. Each time you initiate a new PrintWriter object, and what happen is new file is created and replace the original.

[Eranga]

Initiate the PrintWriter object only once. You can do it within the constructor. Define it in class level.

[Starr29]

Could you please post the code to this?

I have very little understanding of what is going on.

Right now I think my PrintWriter object is only initiated once?

Initiate the PrintWriter object only once. You can do it within the constructor. Define it in class level.

[Eranga]

Better to read more about those things before work out.

import java.io.*;
import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 *
 * @author Eranga Tennakoon
 */
public class NumberedPoem {
    
    static Scanner input;
    static PrintWriter output;
    
    public NumberedPoem() throws IOException {
        input = new Scanner( System.in);
        output = new PrintWriter (new FileWriter ("C:/Poem2.txt"));
    }
    
    public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException {

        // Declare variables
        String fileName, line;
        int number;
        number = 0;


        System.out.print("What is the name of the data file? "); // Open up Poem
        fileName = input.nextLine();

        BufferedReader bufReader;
        bufReader = new BufferedReader (new FileReader (fileName));

        while ((line = bufReader.readLine ()) != null) { //Loop terminates at end of file
            number++;
            System.out.println(number + " " + line);
            writeToFile(line);
        }
    }
    
    public static void writeToFile(String textLine) throws IOException {
        output.write(textLine);
        output.write(System.getProperty("line.separator")); // New line
        output.flush();
    }

}

[Starr29]

Thanks for your help...only problem is Ready to Program Java IDE does not support the import java.util.Scanner;

[Eranga]

I don't know why your application doesn't support default JDK packages. Did you get any error messages?

[Starr29]

Yes I did. "The import 'java.util.Scanner' is not vaild, since it does not name a type in a package".

I don't know why your application doesn't support default JDK packages. Did you get any error messages?

[raffaele181188]

Ready to Program Java IDE does not support the import java.util.Scanner

It simply can't be :D

Maybe you're IDE didn't recognize your JDK installation. Check your CLASSPATH. Do you have any problem with the java.io classes?

[Eranga]

Or may be you are using the older JDK version.

[Starr29]

Holtsoft Ready to Program Java IDE

I have the installer, however I cannot upload it to the forum.

If you are interested in looking at it, send me your e-mail by PM.