csv produces wrong result: how to get 0607 while file shows 607

[Peter Primrose]

I'm trying to write a simple csv file where the cell suppose to contain the text: 0607

for some reason, the csv automatically convert it into a number and the result is: 607

public static void sampleCode() throws IOException
{
FileWriter writeCSV = new FileWriter("test.csv");
PrintWriter fileOutput = new PrintWriter(writeCSV);
fileOutput.println("0607");
fileOutput.close();
}

can anyone advise how to circumvent this issue?
thank you!

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

println("\"0607\""); ?

This isn't really a Java question; it's a problem with the program opening the file. It needs to know to interpret the data as a String rather than as a number. Quotes might work, but so might a setting in a dialog box or "File Import Wizard" of some kind.