How to write to a file in Kotlin
Below is how to write a to a csv file in Kotlin. We have a class of clinitians with their assistants, contact, location e.t.c. We are going to print each clinitians data into a sorted list then write into a file then open in excel or numbers.
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Below is the code to write to csv file.
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Below is the code to write to csv file.
import java.io.FileWriter import java.io.IOException import java.util.* fun main(args: Array<String>){ var allClinitiansList = arrayListOf<Clinitian>() //create clinitian var clinitian1 = Clinitian("Yahya Borislav, NP", "Arron Alfhard", "237-8034", "42172", "Los Angeles East") var clinitian2 = Clinitian("Uzoma Petra , MD", "Gunter Viktoria", "237-8802", "4200", "Miami west") var clinitian3 = Clinitian("Slavica Kamal, NP", "Edison Sladjana", "237-8629", "41537", "Albuquerque") var clinitian4 = Clinitian("Silvius Laurentine , NP", "Sidonie Maja", "237-8835", "42099", "New York") var clinitian5 = Clinitian("Govinda Eminee , NP", "Ambrogio Gianpiero", "237-3860", "40206", "Las Vegas") //add all to a list then filter and add to another list allClinitiansList.addAll(listOf(clinitian1, clinitian2, clinitian3, clinitian4, clinitian5)) Collections.sort(allClinitiansList, { s1: Clinitian, s2: Clinitian -> s1.clinitianName.compareTo(s2.clinitianName, ignoreCase = true) }) for (data in allClinitiansList){ println("DL" + data.clinitianName + "\t\t" + data.location) } val CSV_HEADER = "Location, Clinitian Name, MA Name, MA Phone#, Flowcast #" var fileWriter: FileWriter? = null try { fileWriter = FileWriter("Clinitians.csv") fileWriter.append(CSV_HEADER) fileWriter.append('\n') for (customer in allClinitiansList) { fileWriter.append(customer.location) fileWriter.append(',') fileWriter.append(customer.clinitianName) fileWriter.append(',') fileWriter.append(customer.medicalAssistantName) fileWriter.append(',') fileWriter.append(customer.medicalAssistantPhoneNumber) fileWriter.append(',') fileWriter.append(customer.flowCastNumber) fileWriter.append('\n') } println("Write CSV successfully!" ) } catch (e: Exception) { println("Writing CSV error!") e.printStackTrace() } finally { try { fileWriter!!.flush() fileWriter.close() } catch (e: IOException) { println("Flushing/closing error!") e.printStackTrace() } } }
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