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Class | PrintWriter
Name | ### flush()
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
    }
Description | Flushes the PrintWriter object. This is necessary to ensure all remaining data is written to the file before it is closed.
Syntax |
    pw.flush()
Parameters |
pw | any object of the type PrintWriter

Updated on May 19, 2014 05:30:05pm PDT