How do I write a String to an already existing text file on my desktop?

Question

I want to know how to write a String to an already existing file that is on my desktop.

This text file will already have information in it so I want it to be wiped.

Thank You

Answer 1

The following code does write some text to the file without deleting the previous data.

BufferedWriter bw = null;


try
{
    bw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("sample.txt",true));
    }catch(IOException  e)
    {
        System.out.println("ERROR:"+e);
        return;
    }

try
{
    bw.write("\r\ntext you want to write to the file");
    bw.close();
}catch(IOException e)
{
    System.out.println("ERROR:"+e);
}

}

Now if you want the data to be deleted then just replace the line:

bw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("sample.txt",true));

with the following:

bw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("sample.txt"));

Answer 2

Try this code

PrintWriter p = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("yourLocation.txt"));
String s = "hello world";
p.printf(s);
p.close();