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javaarraysmethodswritetofile
user101
user101

Reputation: 35

writing to a file java

When i run my program, it writes to a file but it only writes the first coordinate:

[79.93768569366277, 0.0], 
    [0.0, 0.0], 
    [0.0, 0.0], 
    [0.0, 0.0], 
    [0.0, 0.0], 
    [0.0, 0.0], 
    [0.0, 0.0], 
    [0.0, 0.0], 
    [0.0, 0.0], 
    [0.0, 0.0], 
    [0.0, 0.0], 
    [0.0, 0.0],

The rest are [0.0. 0.0] where it should be some other random numbers generated by the program.

Why is that? The program is to write the coordinates generated by the program to another file. CODE:

 import java.io.*;
    import java.util.Arrays;

    public class J4
    {
      public static void main (String [] args) throws IOException
      {
        int numpoints = 100, dimension = 2, length = 100;//numpoints is set to 100, dimension is set to 2, length is set to 100

        //arrays are initializewd and declared
        double [] lengthscale = new double [dimension];
        double [][] locations = new double [numpoints][dimension];

        PrintWriter fileOut = new PrintWriter (new FileWriter ("arrayNumPoints.txt"));

         writefile(lengthscale, locations, dimension, numpoints, length);


        for(int m=0; m <length; m++){//for loop
          fileOut.println(Arrays.toString(locations[m]) + ", ");//writes to file
        }
        fileOut.close ();//close file

      }//end main

      public static Double writefile(double lengthscale[], double locations[][], int dimension, int numpoints, int length)throws IOException
      {

        for (int a = 0; a < dimension; a++) {// for loop runs while a is less than dimension
      lengthscale[a] = length;// stores array
    }// end for loop

        for (int x=0; x < numpoints; x++){//for loop runs while x is less than numpoints
          for (int y=0; y < dimension; y++){//nested for loop runs while y is less than dimension
            locations [x][y]= (2 * Math.random() - 1) * lengthscale[y];//creates the range and choses random point within 
              return locations[x][y];

          }//end nested for loop
        }//end for loop

        //if program doesnt run through loop.. alternative return statement (but
         double b= 1;    
         return b;
      }//end writefile methos
    }//end cass

Upvotes: 0

Views: 83

Answers (1)

Peter Lawrey
Peter Lawrey

Reputation: 533492

This is where a debugger would help.

It would show you that you have a return inside your loop and you return after the very first location[x][y] is set. Remove the return statement as it is not needed, and I suggest you try your debugger as it is designed to help you find bugs.

Upvotes: 1

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