CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVA

ASCII PrintWriter java.io examples

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;

    public class test {
    public static void main(String args[]){
                                  //Supposed to:
        writeFile("./test.txt"); //write ASCII 147
        readFile("./test.txt"); //read ASCII 147
    }

    public static boolean writeFile(String path){
        try{
            PrintWriter fo = new PrintWriter(new FileOutputStream(new File(path)));
            fo.print((char) 147); //WRITES "?" TO FILE (ASCII 63, NOT 147)
            fo.close();
        }catch(Exception e){
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    public static boolean readFile(String path){
        try {
            BufferedReader fi = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path));
            char c[] = fi.readLine().toCharArray();
            System.out.println((int) c[0]); //OBVIOUSLY PRINTS 63 INSTEAD OF 147
            fi.close();
            return true;
        } catch (Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }
    }
}