Thread: Help printing from an array using outFile

Hi,

I need to write from an array to an outfile. The code is below. My teacher says I need an additional loop somewhere, but I'm not sure where. Anything will help. Thanks!

public static void saveToFile()       
    throws FileNotFoundException
  {
     PrintWriter outFile = new PrintWriter("theaterMovieData.txt");
 
     for(int i = 0; i < numTheaters; i++)
     {
       if(theaterObject[i] == null)
        break;
 
       Movie[] movieList = theaterObject[i].getMovies();
 
       outFile.println(theaterObject[i].getTheaterName() + " " + 
                       movieList[i].getMovieName() + " " + 
                       movielist[i].getMoviePrice()+ "0" + "END_OF_THEATER");     
     }
     outFile.println("END_OF_FILE");
     outFile.close();
  }

Thanks for responding Yes, that's the part the teacher added, but do I remove the the movieList array from the existing for loop and give it it's own loop? Where do I move the print command?

Ok, I now have:

public static void saveToFile()       
    throws FileNotFoundException
  {
 
      PrintWriter outFile = new PrintWriter("theaterMovieData.txt");
 
     for(int i = 0; i < numTheaters; i++)
     {
       if(theaterObject[i] == null)
        break;
        Movie[] movieList = theaterObject[i].getMovies();
 
        for (int j = 0; j < numTheaters; j++)
        {
          outFile.println(theaterObject[j].getTheaterName() + " " + 
                       movieList[i].getName() + " " + 
                       movieList[i].getPrice()+ "0" + "END_OF_THEATER");
          break;
        }
     }
     outFile.println("END_OF_FILE");
     outFile.close();
  }

but it's only printing the first movie for the first theater and the second movie for the second theater.

Here is the final working code:

public static void saveToFile()       
    throws FileNotFoundException
  {
 
      PrintWriter outFile = new PrintWriter("theaterMovieData.txt");
 
     for(int i = 0; i < numTheaters; i++)
     {
       if(theaterObject[i] == null)
        break;
        Movie[] movieList = theaterObject[i].getMovies();
 
        outFile.print(theaterObject[i].getTheaterName()+ " ");
 
        for (int j = 0; j < movieList.length-1; j++)
        {
          if(movieList[j] == null)
                  break;
          outFile.print(movieList[j].getName() + " " + 
                       movieList[j].getPrice()+ " 0 ");
        }
        outFile.println("END_OF_THEATER");
     }
     outFile.println("END_OF_FILE");
     outFile.close();
  }

Thanks for your help!