Problem: Read and Writing Variables to a txt file!

Hello, all! This is my first post and I have a question. I recently learned how to write and read from a text document. Which is what I want to do... but I cant write Variables for some reason or I do not know how. My purpose for this is to run a program and it saves some variables into a txt doc and later can read from that and put them back into play. All i have here is the reading and writing and that is what I need help with.

This is to write to the file

Code:

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import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;

public class WritetoFileEx
{
public String Health;
        private Formatter x;
       
        public  void OpenFile()
        {
                try{
                        x = new Formatter("Saves.txt");
                        }
                catch (Exception e){
                        System.out.println ("ERROR");
                        }
        }
       
        public void addVariables()
        {
                x.format("%s%s%s", "lol ", "Yes ", "Health ");
//What do I put here for reading ints? or some variable nothing has worked
        }

        public void closeFile()
        {
                x.close();
        }

}

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This is to read it

Code:

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import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;       
       
public class ReadFileEx
{       

private Scanner y;

public void openFile()
{
        try {
        y = new Scanner (new File("Saves.txt"));
        }
       
        catch (Exception e){
                System.out.println ("ERROR");       
}

}

public void ReadFile()
{
        while(y.hasNext()){
        String a = y.next();
        String b = y.next();
        String c = y.next();
        System.out.printf("%s %s %s\n", a,b,c);
}

}

        public void CloseFile()
        {
                y.close();
        }
}

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This is the main class

Code:

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public class WriteReadTest
{
                public static void main (String[] args)
        {
                WritetoFileEx test = new WritetoFileEx();
                ReadFileEx Read = new ReadFileEx();
                test.OpenFile();
                test.addVariables();
                test.closeFile();
                Read.openFile();
                Read.ReadFile();
                Read.CloseFile();
        }
}

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If I did not explain my problem well, Please leave a response and I will try to clarify it! Thanks in advance! :D

I'm not quite sure what you are looking to do. Please do explain. You should be able to write primitive data to a file pretty easily. Check out the Formatter API for more information on methods. I usually would use some sort of output stream(print writer possibly for easier writing.)

Formatter API

for instance, this is how to represent an int

Code:

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int x = 5;
x.format("%d", x);

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It is now saying it cant find symbol

Edit*


public void addVariables()
{
x.format("%d", z);
}
WritetoFileEx.java:23: cannot find symbol

it is declared as public int z = 5; in the main class

Anywhere you put %s looks for a string in the argument list. You can use the variable hello if you initialize it.

If you use different flags %d, and others it will let your write other primitive types.

Regarding my last post anyone have any insights into that?

If you have int z=5 in your WriteReadTest class, it is only directly visible to that class. Public variables are not global. The public only refers to what can access that variable; private variables are only accessible by that class, while public variables can be reached by other classes if you have an instance of that class. I realise that might sound a bit confusing, so here's a quick example:

Code:

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class Firstclass
{
  public int x=5;
  private int y=6;
}

class Secondclass
{
  Firstclass first=new Firstclass();
  public int z=7;
}

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Now, in Secondclass, you can use first.x to get 5, but you cannot use first.y to get 6. You cannot, however, get the Secondclass-variable z from Firstclass as it looks right now, nor are there any global variables that can be reached directly from any class.

I changed my design to have the writing methods in the same class, below the main method, the int i want to write are in the main method. yet i still get the error:

SimpleRpg.java:247: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable PHealth
location: class SimpleRpg
x.format("%d%d%d%d", PHealth, PMagic, PSwords, PGold);

All I want to do is to write these variables to a text file and then in another command read them and put them back into use. It is not finding them for some reason? anything I am missing (they are declared)

Code:

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import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;

public class SimpleRpg
{
                private Formatter x;
                private Scanner y;
        public static void main (String[] args)
        {
       
                int Travel = 0; //Main Switch
                boolean Loop = true; //Main Loop
                boolean FirstTime = true;
                Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in);
                Random Gen = new Random();
                int MonsterGen;
                int Towncon;
                int Shopitem; //Shop
               
                //Player Variables
                String Pname;
                int PHealth  = 20, PMagic = 5, PSwords = 1, PGold = 6;
                String RoleChoice = "";
                int PChoiceAttack = 0;
                int AttackChoiceint = 0;
               
                //Monster Variables
                int MHealth = 1;
                int MAttack = 1;
//code continues

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Code:

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//code above
} //Main Method Ending Bracket
       
public  void OpenFile()
        {
                try{
                        x = new Formatter("Saves.txt");
                        }
                catch (Exception e){
                        System.out.println ("ERROR");
                        }
        }
       
        public void addVariables()
        {
                x.format("%d%d%d%d", PHealth, PMagic, PSwords, PGold);
        }

        public void closeFile()
        {
                x.close();
        }

        public void openFile()
{
        try {
        y = new Scanner (new File("Saves.txt"));
        }
       
        catch (Exception e){
                System.out.println ("ERROR");       
}

}

public void ReadFile()
{
        while(y.hasNext()){
        int a = y.nextInt();
        System.out.printf("%d\n", a);
}

}

        public void CloseFile()
        {
                y.close();
        }

       
       
} //Class ending Bracket

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Any suggestions? what is the best way to go about this?

Variables you want to access in more than one method should be declared as class member variables, not local variables.

Class code should not go in the main method, it should go in the class constructor. Use the main method to create an instance object of your class.

The main method is known as an 'entry point', it's where you put code that can create an instance of the class for running an application or for testing the class.

How do i declare it as global variables, or class variables, or whatever lets me use the same variables in different classes?

There are no global variables. The best you can do is pass an instance of your class along to other classes to access its public variables.

Thanks all! I have it working and it is saving and reading ints and strings! I fixed my main problems and learned a lot in the processes, much thanks!

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