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Class

PrintWriter

Name

println()

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 Writes data to a PrintWriter object stream and then starts a new line.
Syntax
pw.println(data)
Parameters
pw any object of the type PrintWriter
data boolean, byte, char, color, int, float, String
Usage Web & Application
Updated on June 14, 2010 12:05:29pm EDT

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