not writing line by line

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private static void displaytoFile(int trial, int count) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        String answer;
         try{
              // Create file 
                  FileWriter fstream = new FileWriter(outputfile);
                  BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fstream);
                  answer = "Case #"+trial+": "+count;
                  out.write(answer);
                  out.newLine();
              //Close the output stream
                out.close();
              }catch (Exception e){//Catch exception if any
                  System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
              }


    }

The displaytoFile() method is called in a loop in my project but i am not able to write line by line into the file.It only writes the last line ie the parameters passed during the last iteration.I tested in console and the other code is ok,it displays all but this code snippet seems to have some problem as it seems it overwrites the previous values.How can i get to write to file line by line?

Looks like a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1625234/how-to-append-text-to-an-existing-file-in-java — Tad, Apr 13 '13 at 19:10

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 13 '13 at 19:09

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Use the FileWriter(String, boolean) constructor in order to append the input instead of rewriting the entire file:

FileWriter fstream = new FileWriter(outputfile, true);

answered Apr 13 '13 at 19:09

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 13 '13 at 19:09

 FileWriter fstream = new FileWriter(outputfile);
 BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fstream);

 answer = "Case #"+trial+": "+count;
 out.write(answer);
 out.newLine();

 //Close the output stream
 out.close();

has problem. This is because inside each iteration of your loop, you clear the file then write current line into it. you should open the file before the loop and close it after the loop. Or making sure that you are append to the file, not first clear then write, like what you did now.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 13 '13 at 19:09

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You have to indicate that you want to append to the file

See method documentation here

answered Apr 13 '13 at 19:09

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not writing line by line

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