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Modify a .txt file in Java
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I need some help or code examples to update an existing line.
File contents:
Heinrich: 30
George: 2020
Fred: 9090129
Say if I wanted to update (write) George's value to say 300, how would I achieve this?
EDIT: Or would it be better off just using YAML?
Thanks.
Here is a way to do it, try it. In this example the file is C:/user.txt and i change the value of George by 1234
public class George {
private static List<String> lines;
public static void main (String [] args) throws IOException{
File f = new File("C:/user.txt");
lines = Files.readAllLines(f.toPath(),Charset.defaultCharset());
changeValueOf("Georges", 1234); // the name and the value you want to modify
Files.write(f.toPath(), changeValueOf("George", 1234), Charset.defaultCharset());
}
private static List<String> changeValueOf(String username, int newVal){
List<String> newLines = new ArrayList<String>();
for(String line: lines){
if(line.contains(username)){
String [] vals = line.split(": ");
newLines.add(vals[0]+": "+String.valueOf(newVal));
}else{
newLines.add(line);
}
}
return newLines;
}
}
This is a working solution, but i think there is some other way more efficient.