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Name

print()

Class

PrintWriter

Description

Writes data to a PrintWriter object stream.

Examples

  • PrintWriter output;

void setup() {
  // Create a new file in the sketch directory
  output = createWriter("positions.txt"); 
}

void draw() {
  point(mouseX, mouseY);
  output.print(mouseX + "\t");  // Write the X coordinate to the file
  output.println(mouseY);  // Write the Y coordinate to the file
}

void keyPressed() {
  output.flush();  // Writes the remaining data to the file
  output.close();  // Finishes the file
  exit();  // Stops the program
}

Syntax

  • pw.print(data)

Parameters

  • pwany object of the type PrintWriter
  • databoolean, byte, char, color, int, float, String
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