output to file? (tutoring)

[comptechgivinsky]

i have been trying to print a programs output to a file, but using all examples in the book I either get a compile error or a run with no file created. I've been searching my book over time and time again. can someone show my an example of how it should look with the printwriter/filewriter classes? (it sucks tutoring someone when your own class didn't cover that section yet!)

[Tolls]

You'll need to post your attempts here along with the error/exceptions you get, highlighting the line(s) they occur on.
Remember to use [code] tags [/code] around your code, otherwise the formatting will vanish.

[comptechgivinsky]

file name is to be file test. but it's giving my an error with the printwriter class and won't finish compiling.
the compiler is giving me this error"

BarChartProgram.java:82: error: unreported exception FileNotFoundException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
PrintWriter outputFile = new PrintWriter(fwriter);

	String fwriter = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("enter file name. file test");
	PrintWriter outputFile = new PrintWriter(fwriter);
	outputFile.println("Testing...");
	outputFile.println("Testing..");
	outputFile.println("Testing.");
	outputFile.close();

[Tolls]

Pretty much anything involving IO to files can result in an exception (usually an IOException).
FileNotFoundException is s subclass of IOException and is thrown by the constructor of your Writer.
You need to handle it.

If you don't know about Exceptions then here's the Oracle tutorial on them.

[comptechgivinsky]

That still isn't making any sense to me and trying what they have it's not working properly, if I change anything with help from my understanding of the oracle page, I get 4-6 errors.

[Tolls]

Then you will need to show us the modified code (that tries to handle the FileNotFOundException) and copy the errors you are getting to here, highlighting the line(s) they occur on.

[quad64bit]

I agree with Tolls. Are you saying you don't understand how to catch an exception? Are you doing something like this:

try{
    PrintWriter outputFile = new PrintWriter(fwriter);
    outputFile.println("Testing...");
    outputFile.println("Testing..");
    outputFile.println("Testing.");
    outputFile.close();
} catch(IOException e){
    e.printStackTrace();
}

??

[comptechgivinsky]

yea i AM having issues with the try and catch, throw commands, the oracle website is rather confusing for me on the topic. thanks for the example, I'll give it a try and let you know.