weird character in DataOutputStream file

[digitalmalayan]

hello...i'm just new to Java.

I try to make a file (.dat or .txt) file to store Double data value, but after executing the file, I open the file and found weird character in there. It's supposed to be Double datatype value. Can somebody tell me why this happened?

Thanks ^_^

[sunde887]

What was the value in the text file? What was the code to write to the file?(use code tags)

[code]
YOUR CODE HERE
[/code]

[Fubarable]

I try to make a file (.dat or .txt) file to store Double data value, but after executing the file, I open the file and found weird character in there. It's supposed to be Double datatype value. Can somebody tell me why this happened?

Um, I think I speak for most in saying that our mind-reading abilities are not as powerful as you might assume. You might want to show us the code, tell us the file type and even show the "weird" character if possible.

[Norm]

If you write a double value to a file, it could be written in its binary format. If you want to be able to read the contents of the file you need to convert whatever you write to a String.

[JosAH]

edit: too slow again; what Norm said ...

kind regards,

Jos

[Fubarable]

Well, I'm psychic and can see that the OP is writing double values in binary (by using the DataOutputStream) but expects them to be written in String form, hence the 'weird' characters ...

Yeah, I'm not psychic but rather psycho, and I figured the same, but he really should show us the code.

[digitalmalayan]

Hello again. This is my code ^_^

import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;
class cuba {
	public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception{

		double value[]= {1,2,3,4};

		System.out.println(value);
		double value_double = value[0]+value[1]+value[2]+value[3];

		DataOutputStream out = null;

   		try {
      	out = new DataOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(
          	"try.dat")));

  		    {
       		 out.writeDouble(value_double);
     		}
    		} finally {
     		 out.close();
    		}
		}
	}

this is not my original code but it's almost same like this. Can somebody tell me why I get weird character as output and file output. I'm very new to Java and i'm also not a clever student. Thanks for the help ^_^

[Norm]

Have you read the API doc for the DataOutputStream class and the writeDouble method?
Did you read any of the previous posts on this thread that describe what is happening when your code is executed?

If not, please do.
If you have any questions, about the API doc or the postings please ask.

[sunde887]

What did it print to the file? You can look at the API and see how to write a string. you can make the double a string very easily with

double_value + ""

Also, consider looking up and using print writer.

[digitalmalayan]

Ok.thanks for the help here .really appreciate it ^_^