Name

println()

Class

PrintWriter

Description

Writes data to a PrintWriter object stream and then starts a new line.

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
    }
    
    

Syntax

  • pw.println(data)

Parameters

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