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change statements to get a vertical format of output

Hi All,

I am trying to understand how to make a change this BufferedWrite statements to get the output to be a vertical stack. As shown below, I have edited it in order to demonstrate the present output. There are 2 unseen code marks as between "}, {" which I have removed to show the output.

Horizontal:
{{6,8,5,2,9,7,4,3,1 }, {4,2,9,1,3,6,7,8,5 }, {3,1,7,8,5,4,2,9,6 }, {9,4,8,5,2,1,6,7,3 }, {7,6,3,9,4,8,5,1,2 }, {2,5,1,7,6,3,9,4,8 }, {8,7,6,4,1,2,3,5,9 }, {1,9,2,3,7,5,8,6,4 }, {5,3,4,6,8,9,1,2,7 }}

Vertical:

{{6,8,5,2,9,7,4,3,1 },
{4,2,9,1,3,6,7,8,5 },
{3,1,7,8,5,4,2,9,6 },
{9,4,8,5,2,1,6,7,3 },
{7,6,3,9,4,8,5,1,2 },
{2,5,1,7,6,3,9,4,8 },
{8,7,6,4,1,2,3,5,9 },
{1,9,2,3,7,5,8,6,4 },
{5,3,4,6,8,9,1,2,7 }}

try {
FileOutputStream fos= new
FileOutputStream("MySSolution.txt");
BufferedWriter bow = new BufferedWriter(new
OutputStreamWriter(fos));
bow.write("{");
for(int xc = 0; xc< 9; xc++){
bow.write("{");
for(int yc = 0; yc < 9; yc++){
if(yc == 8){
bow.write( board[xc][yc].getCellValue( )+" ");
}
else bow.write( board[xc][yc].getCellValue(
)+",");
}
if(xc == 8){
bow.write( "}}"+"\n"+"\n");
}
else bow.write( "},"+"\n"+"\n");
}
bow.close();
}
catch (IOException ioe) {
System.out.println("IOException writing
MySudokuSolution.txt");
}

Delphi3

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Hi CEHJ,

Thanks for stopping to look at this.

Here is the adaptation:

try {
FileOutputStream fos= new FileOutputStream("MySSolution.txt");
BufferedWriter bow = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(fos));
if (board.length > 0) {
bow.write("{");
}
for (int h = 0; h < board.length; h++) {
for (int i = 0; i < board[h].length; i++) {
if (i == 0) {
bow.write("{");
}
bow.write(board[h][i].getCellValue( )+ "" ); // the extra "" is needed to get an

number output
if (i < board[h].length - 1) {
bow.write(",");
}
}
if (h < board.length - 1) {
bow.write("},");
bow.newLine(); // added this
} else {
bow.write("}}");
}
}
bow.close();
}
catch (IOException ioe) {
System.out.println("IOException writing MySSolution.txt");
}

CEHJ,
These "//" comments shown in my revision are additional items needed to get this to work with the bow.write :

1. >> + "" << needed for the board[h][i].getCellValue( ) data items to show at all.

2. >> bow.newLine(); <<< if not added here, the output is again horizontal.

These are the strangest bunch of adjustments necessary to get the desired results.
Thank goodness for my having a second IDE that shows all the possible code completion items for "bow.".

Yet this second IDE with capability of showing "code completion" items for bow., during a run can't find the "main" in this original program from which all this was a part of. It usually can, however.

I use 2 IDE lightweights on my desktop, just for this possibility.

Thanks again.

D3

CEHJ

An easier way to adapt the example would be to use a PrintWriter. You could then, after PrintWriter out = xxxxxx, simply remove 'System.' in my example and the printing code statements at least would be the same

CEHJ

:-)