FileWriter

easily create files that can be read by FileReader

Inherits from:: Object : AbstractFunction : Stream : IOStream : UnixFILE : File

With FileWriter, you can create files that can be read by FileReader, and most common spreadsheet programs.

Subclasses: TabFileWriter, CSVFileWriter, SemiColonFileWriter

See also: FileReader, FilePlayer.

Creation / Class Methods

*new(pathName,mode,stamp,del)

Create a new instance of FileWriter

stamp

Whether or not to add a time stamp at the beginning of each line (default false)

del

The delimiter to use (default a space, or rather the classvar delim)

mode

Mode of writing (default "w"). Other useful option could be "a" to append to the file. Since we are writing a textfile, you should not use a binary format. See also File.

pathName

The filename to write to.

*delim

The default delimiter to use (is overridden in the subclasses)

Accessing Instance and Class Variables

writeLine(array)

Write a line to the file.

array

An Array with values to write. The contents of the Array will be written to the file as the compile string of each item, and delimited by the delimiter.

close

Close the file.

delimiter

The current delimiter.

delimiter_

Set the delimiter.

stringMethod

The current stringMethod.

stringMethod_

The stringMethod is the way the data is written to a file (default is \asString, other option could be \asCompileString).

timeStamp

Whether or not to add a time stamp at the beginning of each line (default false)

timeStamp_

timebase

timebase_

Whether to use local time or greenwich mean time (default: \local, other option: \gm)

Example 1

f = TabFileWriter.new( "testfile2.txt", "w", true);

Task({
    20.do{
        f.writeLine( Array.fill( 10, { 1.0.rand }));
        1.0.wait;
    };
    "done".postln;
}).play;

f.close;

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