Need help writing an ArrayList into a file

[sh0td0wn]

What I want to happen is that I want to print everything in my arraylist into one line in a file...
When I do that with.... the print replaces the an entry every time...

this is basically the code..

code:

for (int x = 0; x < 12; x++); { Object pickFName = firstNamesList.get(x); PrintWriter write = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("meh.txt"); write.print(pickFNAME + "  "); write.close(); }

Instead of writing all of the entries..... it saves only the last entry...
When I tried using System.out.print (pickFNAME + " "), it worked just fine

[HellblazerX]

There's your problem:

Java:

PrintWriter write = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("meh.txt");

You have this inside your for loop, so every time you run this line, you'll make a new PrintWriter object, with a new FileWriter object, and a new file name "meh.txt", which will replace the last one you just made.

EDIT:
Also, that write.close () in your for loop is going to mess you up, because it'll close your file before you're even done writing everything in.

[sh0td0wn]

Ah, that makes a lot of sense.
Thanks =)

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