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Name

PrintWriter
Examples
PrintWriter output;

void setup() {
  // Create a new file in the sketch directory
  output = createWriter("positions.txt"); 
}

void draw() {
  point(mouseX, mouseY);
  output.println(mouseX);  // Write the coordinate to the file
}

void keyPressed() {
  output.flush();  // Writes the remaining data to the file
  output.close();  // Finishes the file
  exit();  // Stops the program
}
Description Allows characters to print to a text-output stream. A new PrintWriter object is created with the createWriter() function. For the file to be made correctly, it should be flushed and must be closed with its flush() and close() methods (see above example).
Methods
print() Adds data to the stream
println() Adds data to the stream and starts a new line
flush() Flushes the stream
close() Closes the stream
Constructor
RelatedcreateWriter()
Updated on January 9, 2020 00:33:17pm EST

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