how to update the contain in .txt file java [closed]

Answer 1

One possible way can be like this

1. Read each line from file

2. Split the line

3. prepare another line with updated data and write to temp file

4. Finally delete your old file and rename temp file to old file.

5. Now you are done. Try the above algorithm.

Answer 2

You have to use the approach of reading it from the original file line by line. Search and replace the salary with the new number. Write the content to a new temp file. Delete the original file. Finally replace the temp file to the original file name. Here is the code to do that:

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class FileContentUpdater {

    public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
        String ID, Name;
        double salary;
        int replenish;

        Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.print("Enter ID : ");
        String pID = console.nextLine();
        System.out.print("Enter replenish salary: ");
        replenish = console.nextInt();

        File originalFile = new File("file.txt");
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(originalFile));

        // Construct the new file that will later be renamed to the original
        // filename.
        File tempFile = new File("tempfile.txt");
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(tempFile));

        String line = null;
        // Read from the original file and write to the new
        // unless content matches data to be removed.
        while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {

            if (line.contains(pID)) {
                String strCurrentSalary = line.substring(line.lastIndexOf(" "), line.length());
                if (strCurrentSalary != null || !strCurrentSalary.trim().isEmpty()) {
                    int replenishedSalary = Integer.parseInt(strCurrentSalary.trim()) + replenish;
                    System.out.println("replenishedSalary : " + replenishedSalary);
                    line = line.substring(0,line.lastIndexOf(" ")) + replenishedSalary;
                }

            }
            pw.println(line);
            pw.flush();
        }
        pw.close();
        br.close();

        // Delete the original file
        if (!originalFile.delete()) {
            System.out.println("Could not delete file");
            return;
        }

        // Rename the new file to the filename the original file had.
        if (!tempFile.renameTo(originalFile))
            System.out.println("Could not rename file");

    }
}