File Handling

Java Program to Write to a File

A Java program to write text to a file.

Problem Description

Write a Java program to write text to a file.

Code

WriteToFile.java
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;

public class WriteToFile {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            FileWriter myWriter = new FileWriter("filename.txt");
            myWriter.write("Files in Java might be tricky, but it is fun enough!");
            myWriter.close();
            System.out.println("Successfully wrote to the file.");
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("An error occurred.");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Output

Successfully wrote to the file.

Explanation

  1. FileWriter: Used to write character-oriented data to a file.
  2. write(): Writes the string to the file.
  3. close(): Closes the file writer.