Java: how to write formatted output to plain text file

Question

I am developing a small java application. At some point i am writing some data in a plain text file. Using the following code:

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Answer 1

Use System.getProperty("line.separator") for new lines - this is the platform-independent way of getting the new-line separator. (on windows it is \r\n, on linux it's \n)

Also, if this is going to be run on non-windows machines, avoid using \t - use X (four) spaces instead.