how can format entry in text file?

[papaboy2]

hi, i would like to ask how can i format the data i will append in a text file, like when appending new data it will be in the next line of the file?, my code below concats the first and second text i inserted, thank you very much!

BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("guestbook.txt", true));
out.write("First LINE");
out.write("Second LINE");
out.close();
} catch (IOException e) {

 

[sedj]

out.write("First LINE");
out.newLine();
out.write("Second Line");
out.newLine();


Or use a PrintWriter :

PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(new FileOutputStream("file.txt", true));
pw.println("First line");
pw.println("Second line");


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[jstreich]

You can also use the escape chars, but remember that unix/Linux use just '\n' for a line return and windows requires '\n' AND '\r'.

\n   newline
\r   return
\t   tab
\\   \
\"   "
\'   '
\a   bell char
\0   (that's a zero not an o) null char

PrintWriters make things a lot easier... I would push you in that direction.