How to add a new line in a file without overwriting current line?

Question

I currently have.

public void openFile(){
    try{
        x = new Formatter("Data.text");
    }
    catch(Exception e){
        System.out.println("File not created");
    }
}

. . . .

.

public void addRecords(){
    x.format("%s %s %s %s", first(), last(), ID(), num());
}

But after I run the file, it overwrites the data each time?

This is similar to or a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1625234/how-to-append-text-to-an-existing-file-in-java — Mohammad Najar, Oct 13 '14 at 18:24

dramzy · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-13T18:33:18.843

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Formatter will truncate the size of the file to 0. Use PrintWriter instead. Then you can use the PrintWriter's printf to do the same thing.

edited Oct 13 '14 at 18:33

answered Oct 13 '14 at 18:27

dramzy

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