Outputting Java Program to Text File

[roher4]

i'm trying to make a small and simple Java program that uses the scanner class to take in my stats from my basketball games and output to a CSV file. I made the first part but have no idea how to do the other. How can I get it to output to a CSV/excel or a text file????

import java.util.Scanner

class basketball 
{
	public static void main (String [] args)
	{
		Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in) ();
		System.out.println("How many points did you score?");
		points = input.nextInt();
		System.out.println("How many assists did you dish?");
		assists = input.nextInt();
		System.out.println("How many boards did you grab?");
		rebounds = input.nextInt();
		
	}
}

[renegadeandy]

Im surprised that would compile!

You probably want

int rebounds = scanner.nextInt(); or something along those lines.

So after you have your 3 variables for instance:

int points;
int rebounds,
int layups;

You could do the following to output it to a .txt or .csv file:

public void writeFile(String filename,int points, int rebounds, int layups){
 try{
    // Create file 
    FileWriter fstream = new FileWriter(filename);
        BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fstream);
    out.write("Points,"+points+",rebounds,"+rebounds+"layups,"+layups);
    //Close the output stream
    out.close();
    }catch (Exception e){//Catch exception if any
      System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
    }
  }
}

You could then call it from the bottom of your code by doing :

writeFile("myStatsFileToday.txt",points,rebounds,layups);

Bare in mind the file would then be written to the directory where your program is running - if you wanted a different output directory you just append that to the filename i.e

writeFile("C:\\mystats\\myStatsFileToday.txt",points,rebounds,layups);

double \\ are needed because you need to escape the "\". You may also want to append to a single file so you can use the same program to add to a single file to build a record of your stats - but thats your own little addition if you wanted it

[roher4]

public void writeFile(String filename,int points, int rebounds, int layups){
 try{
    // Create file 
    FileWriter fstream = new FileWriter(filename);
        BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fstream);
    out.write("Points,"+points+",rebounds,"+rebounds+"layups,"+layups);
    //Close the output stream
    out.close();
    }catch (Exception e){//Catch exception if any
      System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
    }
  }
}

where do I put that code in the source?

[renegadeandy]

You would put it underneath your Main - as its a different method.

As follows:

import java.util.Scanner

class basketball 
{
	public static void main (String [] args)
	{
		Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in) ();
		System.out.println("How many points did you score?");
		points = input.nextInt();
		System.out.println("How many assists did you dish?");
		assists = input.nextInt();
		System.out.println("How many boards did you grab?");
		rebounds = input.nextInt();
		
	}

public void writeFile(String filename,int points, int rebounds, int layups){
 try{
    // Create file 
    FileWriter fstream = new FileWriter(filename);
        BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fstream);
    out.write("Points,"+points+",rebounds,"+rebounds+"layups,"+layups);
    //Close the output stream
    out.close();
    }catch (Exception e){//Catch exception if any
      System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
    }
  }
}

You will need a couple of different import statements for FileWriter and BufferedWriter but if you are using eclipse or something similar it will help you with that!

[roher4]

ok thanks

[renegadeandy]

Woops! Just noticed another error in your code - in the Scanner declaration you have an extra set of (), it should be as follows :

Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in);

[roher4]

Thanks, it was really late at night when I put this simple program that I failed at together. This will be really useful thanks.

[renegadeandy]

Its a pleasure - be sure to report back how you got along

[roher4]

Originally Posted by renegadeandy

Its a pleasure - be sure to report back how you got along

i don't have access to the file right now but when i try, ill post it...