"Writing to a text file" not compiling

[xpot]

It is showing 'file not found exception' in the line in which the 'output' object is declared.The file 'scores.txt' is in my current working directory also.I cant get what's the error there.Please help.





package file8;

import java.io.*;
public class File8 {

public static void main(String[] args) {
File file = new File("scores.txt");
if (file.exists()) {
System.out.println("File already exists");
System.exit(1);
}



PrintWriter output = new PrintWriter(file);

output.print("John T Smith ");
output.println(90);
output.print("Eric K Jones ");
output.println(85);

output.close();
}
}

[DarrylBurke]

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[gimbal2]

Before you try to open the file for writing, try doing a System.out.println() of both the file.getAbsolutePath() and file.canWrite(). What do those two output?

[JosAH]

I bet your compiler protested in the strongliest way against not handling IOExceptions anywhere ...

kind regards,

Jos

[Tolls]

"If the given file object does not denote an existing, writable regular file and a new regular file of that name cannot be created, or if some other error occurs while opening or creating the file."
From the API.
So there's a few possibilities there and, since you have an exists() check which exits if the file exists, the relevant ones are in italics.

But, as Jos implies, it would be nice to see the actual code.

[gimbal2]

Well I guess that is the code; the title of the post already indicates "not compiling". I'm guessing that the reference to the file not found exception is not during runtime, but actually during compile time.

[Tolls]

Ahhhh!
In other words it'd complaining that the OP is not handling the FNF exception!

In which case they need to read the Exceptions Tutorial.

[gimbal2]

... and provide the exact error gotten in stead of "something along these lines" :/ If the OP would have specified "unhandled exception type FileNotFoundException" then there would have been no confusion.

[xpot]

Thanks a lot.I removed the if block & it still showing "FileNotFoundException".but that file lies in my current working directory.

[xpot]

Ya.It's compile time

[DarrylBurke]

Did you read the tutorial suggested by Tolls?

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