Anakela Bella

Bear Bibeault wrote:jQuery is a JavaScript library -- not something different from JavaScript. But I understand your approach.

Got it! That's how new I am to this whole thing. Haha... Thanks again!

Bear Bibeault wrote:Any errors in the JavaScript console?

Btw, the document.forms style of notation is very old-fashioned.

And, why aren't you using jQuery to make all this much simpler?

Hi, Bear. Thank you for your reply! I am actually going very old school and coding this in a text editor. I just used DirtyMarkup to clean up the code, and got several "unclosed string" errors beginning at variable r. It turns out I had either too many or too few quotation marks, and that's why the code wasn't working! Thank you for having me look for errors! The working code is as follows:

// This function validates the contact form. function validateForm() { // Declare first name variable var firstNameValue = document.forms["myForm"]["firstname"].value; // Declare last name variable var lastNameValue = document.forms["myForm"]["lastname"].value; // Declare address variable var addressValue = document.forms["myForm"]["address"].value; // Declare city variable var cityValue = document.forms["myForm"]["city"].value; // Declare state variable var stateValue = document.forms["myForm"]["state"].value; // Declare zip code variable var zipValue = document.forms["myForm"]["zip"].value; // Declare message variable var messageValue = document.forms["myForm"]["message"].value; // If first name value is less than 1 or greater than 20 chars or null, alert user. if (firstNameValue.length < 1 || firstNameValue.length > 20) { alert( "First name must be greater than 1 letter and 19 or fewer letters long." ); return false; } // If last name is less than 3 or greater than 20 chars, alert user. if (lastNameValue.length < 3 || lastNameValue.length >= 20) { alert( "Last name must be greater than or equal to 3 characters & less than 20." ); return false; } // If address is null, alert user. if (addressValue === null || addressValue === "") { alert("Please enter a valid address."); return false; } if (cityValue === null || cityValue === "") { alert("Please enter a valid city."); return false; } if (stateValue.length <= 1 || stateValue.length > 2) { alert( "Please enter a valid state abbreviation. (Must be 2 characters long.)" ); return false; } if (zipValue === null || zipValue === "") { alert("Please enter a valid zip code."); return false; } if (messageValue.length < 1) { alert("Please enter a valid message."); return false; } // Declare variable r for confirmation var r = confirm( "Thank you for your message! Is the following info correct?\n" + firstNameValue + " " + lastNameValue + '\n' + addressValue + '\n' + cityValue + ", " + stateValue + " " + zipValue); // If all info is correct, reset form & display alert window. if (r === true) { document.getElementById( "myForm").reset(); // Reset form alert( "Thank you! Your message has been sent." ); } else { return false; // Prevent page refresh } }

As for why I am doing this in JavaScript as opposed to jQuery, I am trying to learn JavaScript before I jump into jQuery for the sake of learning it, I suppose.

Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:What jumps out at me is this code:

var r = confirm("Thank you for your message! Is the following info correct?"\n + firstNameValue + " " + lastNameValue\n + addressValue\n + cityValue + ", " + stateValue + " " + zipValue");

\n is a character that goes inside a string. For example:
"Thank you for your message! Is the following info correct?\n"
or
lastNameValue + '\n'

Thanks for your reply, Jeanne! I placed the \ns in side quotes as follows, but the code still is not executing. I'll show you what I've changed:
// This function validates the contact form. function validateForm() { // Declare first name variable var firstNameValue = document.forms["myForm"]["firstname"].value; // Declare last name variable var lastNameValue = document.forms["myForm"]["lastname"].value; // Declare address variable var addressValue = document.forms["myForm"]["address"].value; // Declare city variable var cityValue = document.forms["myForm"]["city"].value; // Declare state variable var stateValue = document.forms["myForm"]["state"].value; // Declare zip code variable var zipValue = document.forms["myForm"]["zip"].value; // Declare message variable var messageValue = document.forms["myForm"]["message"].value; // If first name value is less than 1 or greater than 20 chars or null, alert user. if (firstNameValue.length < 1 || firstNameValue.length > 20) { // firstNameValue.has-feedback += " has-error"; alert( "First name must be greater than 1 letter and 19 or fewer letters long." ); return false; } // If last name is less than 3 or greater than 20 chars, alert user. if (lastNameValue.length < 3 || lastNameValue.length >= 20) { alert( "Last name must be greater than or equal to 3 characters & less than 20." ); return false; } // If address is null, alert user. if (addressValue == null || addressValue == "") { alert("Please enter a valid address."); return false; } if (cityValue == null || cityValue == "") { alert("Please enter a valid city."); return false; } if (stateValue.length <= 1 || stateValue.length > 2) { alert( "Please enter a valid state abbreviation. (Must be 2 characters long.)" ); return false; } if (zipValue == null || zipValue == "") { alert("Please enter a valid zip code."); return false; } if (messageValue.length < 1) { alert("Please enter a valid message."); return false; } // Declare variable r for confirmation var r = confirm("Thank you for your message! Is the following info correct?\n" + firstNameValue + " " + lastNameValue + '\n' + addressValue + '\n' + cityValue + ", " + stateValue + " " + zipValue"); // If all info is correct, reset form & display alert window. if (r == true) { document.getElementById("myForm").reset(); // Reset form alert("Thank you! Your message has been sent."); } else { return false; // Prevent page refresh } }

Hello, everyone. I'm working on a JavaScript confirm box for a contact form I have constructed, but it is most definitely not working. (Everything else but the confirm form works, by the way.) I think I need a (a few) fresh pair(s) of eyes to take a look at what I've got so far. I've tried moving var r to the top with everything else, and I've tried keeping it with in its own if statement, but to no avail. I'm sure it's something silly, but I can't seem to put my finger on it. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

// This function validates the contact form. function validateForm() { // Declare first name variable var firstNameValue = document.forms["myForm"]["firstname"].value; // Declare last name variable var lastNameValue = document.forms["myForm"]["lastname"].value; // Declare address variable var addressValue = document.forms["myForm"]["address"].value; // Declare city variable var cityValue = document.forms["myForm"]["city"].value; // Declare state variable var stateValue = document.forms["myForm"]["state"].value; // Declare zip code variable var zipValue = document.forms["myForm"]["zip"].value; // Declare message variable var messageValue = document.forms["myForm"]["message"].value; // If first name value is less than 1 or greater than 20 chars or null, alert user. if (firstNameValue.length < 1 || firstNameValue.length > 20) { alert( "First name must be greater than 1 letter and 19 or fewer letters long."); return false; } // If last name is less than 3 or greater than 20 chars, alert user. if (lastNameValue.length < 3 || lastNameValue.length >= 20) { alert( "Last name must be greater than or equal to 3 characters & less than 20."); return false; } // If address is null, alert user. if (addressValue == null || addressValue == "") { alert("Please enter a valid address."); return false; } if (cityValue == null || cityValue == "") { alert("Please enter a valid city."); return false; } if (stateValue.length <= 1 || stateValue.length > 2) { alert( "Please enter a valid state abbreviation. (Must be 2 characters long.)"); return false; } if (zipValue == null || zipValue == "") { alert("Please enter a valid zip code."); return false; } if (messageValue.length < 1) { alert("Please enter a valid message."); return false; } // Declare variable r for confirmation var r = confirm("Thank you for your message! Is the following info correct?"\n + firstNameValue + " " + lastNameValue\n + addressValue\n + cityValue + ", " + stateValue + " " + zipValue"); if (r == true) { // If all info is correct, display alert window. document.getElementById("myForm").reset(); // Reset form alert("Thank you! Your message has been sent."); } else { return false; // Prevent page refresh } }

Yeah, I don't think timeClockDAO.readTimePunches(); is doing anything, but I'm not sure I know how to assign it to something.

In terms of printing the values beforehand, I am not sure what you mean. I know that the employeeID that the user types in is correct, because my code won't allow the user to input a non-existant ID, and I know that this ID is recording properly because it shows in the text file. It is the same with the user's choice of I or O. (Maybe I am misunderstanding what you are asking. Sorry!) I'm just confused on how to compare columns[0] in the timeclock.txt file to the user's choice of either I or O, and how to compare columns[2] in the text file to the user's inputted employeeID in order to see if they have already clocked-in or must do so in order to clock-out.

Joanne Neal wrote:
What are you actually trying to do in that piece of code ?

I'm trying to get the TimeClockApp to ensure that an employee who has clocked in cannot clock in again, & ensure that an employee who hasn't clocked in cannot clock out. Sadly, I am quite lost, and am doing it wrong.

It's not so much an error as it is NetBeans giving me the big red stop sign with the exclamation point telling me that the code line if(t.getPunchInOrOut() && choice.equalsIgnoreCase("i")) has bad operand types for binary operator '&&' because the first type of method here is String, and the other is Boolean. Then it tells me that the line within that if statement (timePunches = t;) has incompatible types: TimeClock cannot be converted to List<TimeClock> and pretty much ignores that whole bit of code. I will post the classes that are relevant to this class as I have sixteen different classes in the entire application.
import java.text.*; import java.util.*; import java.io.*; import java.nio.file.*; public class TimeClockApp { // declare class variables private static EmployeeDAO employeeDAO = null; private static TimeClockDAO timeClockDAO = null; private static Scanner sc = null; // format date and time / //HH converts hour in 24 hours format (0-23), day calculation private static DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss"); public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { // set the class variables employeeDAO = DAOFactory.getEmployeeDAO(); timeClockDAO = DAOFactory.getTimeClockDAO(); sc = new Scanner(System.in); int employeeID = 0; List<Employee> employees = employeeDAO.readEmployees(); List<TimeClock> timePunches = timeClockDAO.readTimePunches(); if(timePunches == null) { timePunches = new ArrayList<TimeClock>(); } // read from employee.txt // FileReader file = new FileReader("employee.txt"); // BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(file); // read from the console // InputStreamReader inputReader = new InputStreamReader(System.in); // BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(inputReader); // write new things to timeclock.txt // File fileName = new File("timeclock.txt"); // ArrayList<Object> timeClock = new ArrayList<>(); // Date d1 = new Date(); // Date d2 = new Date(); // display a welcome message System.out.println("Welcome to the Punch-In/Punch-Out Screen\n"); // print option menu System.out.print("Please choose an option below:" + "\n" + "I. Punch In" + "\n" + "O. Punch Out" + "\n"); String choice = ""; // get input from user Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); while(choice != null) { // get input from user "i" or "o" while (!choice.equalsIgnoreCase("i") && !choice.equalsIgnoreCase("o")) { // it will not continue if user does not enter a valid choice choice = Validator.getScreenChoice(sc, "Choice: "); if(!choice.equalsIgnoreCase("i") && !choice.equalsIgnoreCase("o")) { System.out.println("Invalid choice. Please try again."); } } System.out.println(); // print a blank line if(!choice.isEmpty()) { // addition of screen choice to arraylist/text file //timeClock.add(choice); // create employee object Employee employee = null; System.out.println("PUNCH CLOCK"); System.out.println("-----------"); // read employee ID and compare to employee.txt while(employee == null) { employeeID = Validator.getEmployeeID(sc, "Enter Employee ID: "); for(Employee e : employees) { if(e.getEmployeeID() == employeeID) { employee = e; break; } } } // if employee ID is valid, have they punched in already? // if not, try again. if(employeeID == employee.getEmployeeID() && choice.equalsIgnoreCase("o")) // <-- This is where I'm having trouble { // read timeclock.txt timeClockDAO.readTimePunches(); if(timePunches.contains("i")) { if(timePunches.contains(employeeID)) { System.out.println("Employee " + employeeID + " has already punched in. Please try again."); } } // has employee punched in? If yes, continue. <-- Beginning here, for(TimeClock t : timePunches) // NetBeans ignores this whole deal { if(t.getPunchInOrOut() && choice.equalsIgnoreCase("i")) { timePunches = t; break; } } // if employee has not punched in, try again if(timePunches.contains("i")) { if(timePunches.contains(employeeID)) { System.out.println("Employee " + employeeID + " has not punched in yet. Please try again."); } } } // <-- NetBeans stops ignoring and continues from here TimeClock newTimePunch = new TimeClock(employeeID, new Date(), choice); // if employee ID is valid, // addition of date and time to arraylist/text file timePunches.add(newTimePunch); //write to the file timeClockDAO.writeTimePunch(newTimePunch); // conditional statement for in/out + formatting System.out.println("Punch-" + (choice.equalsIgnoreCase("i") ? "In" : "Out") + " Successful!" + "\n" + "Date & Time: " + dateFormat.format(new Date()) + "\n" + "Employee Name: " + employee.getFirstName() + " " + employee.getLastName() + "\n" + "Employee ID: " + employee.getEmployeeID() + "\n"); System.out.println(); // print a blank line break; } else { System.out.println("Invalid entry. Please try again."); } } // press enter to continue to the main screen System.out.printf("Press enter to return to the main screen. "); sc.nextLine(); System.out.println("Okay, returning to Main Screen. Goodbye!"); System.out.println(); // print a blank line MainScreenApp.main(args); } }
import java.util.*; import java.text.*; public class TimeClock { private int employeeID; private Date timeStamp; private String punchInOrOut; private static DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss"); public TimeClock(int employeeID, Date timeStamp, String punchInOrOut) { this.employeeID = employeeID; this.timeStamp = timeStamp; this.punchInOrOut = punchInOrOut; } public void setEmployeeID(int employeeID) { this.employeeID = employeeID; } public int getEmployeeID() { return employeeID; } public void setTimeStamp() { this.timeStamp = timeStamp; } public Date getTimeStamp() { return timeStamp; } public void setPunchInOrOut() { this.punchInOrOut = punchInOrOut; } public String getPunchInOrOut() { return punchInOrOut; } public String exportToTextFile() { return employeeID + EmployeeTextFile.FIELD_SEP + dateFormat.format(timeStamp) + EmployeeTextFile.FIELD_SEP + punchInOrOut; } @Override public String toString() { return "TIME CLOCK INFORMATION" + "\n" + "----------------------" + "\n" + "Employee ID: " + employeeID + "\n" + "Time Stamp: " + timeStamp + "\n" + "In or Out: " + punchInOrOut + "\n"; } }
import java.io.*; import java.util.*; import java.nio.file.*; import java.text.*; public class TimeClockTextFile implements TimeClockDAO { private List<TimeClock> timePunches; private static String timeClockPath = "timeclock.txt"; @Override public List<TimeClock> readTimePunches() { if(timePunches != null) return timePunches; timePunches = new ArrayList<TimeClock>(); DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss"); if(Files.exists(Paths.get(timeClockPath))) // prevent the FileNotFoundException { try(BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader( new FileReader( new File(timeClockPath)))) { // read all employees in the file into the array list String line = in.readLine(); while(line != null) { // split text file into columns String[] columns = line.split(EmployeeTextFile.FIELD_SEP); /*if(columns.length != 3) { System.err.println("Could not read text file for Time Punches."); return null; }*/ // employee ID column int employeeID = Integer.parseInt(columns[0]); // time stamp column Date timeStamp; try { timeStamp = dateFormat.parse(columns[1]); } catch (ParseException e) { System.err.println("Could not parse time stamp: " + columns[1]); timeStamp = null; } // in or out column String punchInOrOut = columns[2]; timePunches.add(new TimeClock(employeeID, timeStamp, punchInOrOut)); line = in.readLine(); } } catch(IOException e) { System.out.println(e); return null; } } return timePunches; } // write items to timeclock.txt file @Override public void writeTimePunch(TimeClock timeClock) { try { // open an output stream for overwriting a text file PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter( new BufferedWriter( new FileWriter( new File(timeClockPath), true))); // (filename, true) when // ready to add another line // write the TimeClock object to the file out.print(timeClock.exportToTextFile() + "\n"); // close the writer out.close(); } catch(IOException e) { System.out.println("Error! Date & time could not be saved."); } } }
public interface TimeClockDAO { // methods to read data from list public List<TimeClock> readTimePunches(); // methods to write data to list public void writeTimePunch(TimeClock timeClock); }
public class DAOFactory { // this method maps the EmployeeDAO interface // to the appropriate data storage mechanism public static EmployeeDAO getEmployeeDAO() { EmployeeDAO eDAO = new EmployeeTextFile(); return eDAO; } public static TimeClockDAO getTimeClockDAO() { TimeClockDAO tDAO = new TimeClockTextFile(); return tDAO; } }
I apologize for the length. Is it possible to use List<TimeClock> readTimePunches() to achieve what I need as the columns are already split there?

No progress. Can anyone help? I'm getting pretty desperate. I know that I have to compare columns[0] and columns[2] from my timeclock.txt file to the user's input to see if someone has punched in yet, or if they have punched out, but I don't know how to do that. Any help is greatly appreciated. While playing with my current code, I did the following:
// if employee ID is valid, have they punched in already? // if not, try again. if(employeeID == employee.getEmployeeID() && choice.equalsIgnoreCase("o")) // <-- This is where I'm having trouble { // read timeclock.txt timeClockDAO.readTimePunches(); if(timePunches.contains("i") && timePunches.contains(employeeID)) { System.out.println("Employee " + employee.getEmployeeID() + " has already punched in. Please try again."); } // has employee punched in? If yes, continue. for(TimeClock t : timePunches) { if(t.getPunchInOrOut() && choice.equalsIgnoreCase("i")) { timePunches = t; break; } } // if employee has not punched in, try again }
I am still getting the same errors as mentioned to Ulf. I am completely stumped.

Jacob Draper wrote:If you want to read and write to a text file, I think a stream would be what you're looking for right?

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/io/charstreams.html

Hi, Jacob. Thanks for the link. I'm taking a look at the tutorial that it leads to now, though I'm not sure if it's exactly what I'm looking for. (Though it might be!) Currently, I'm not really looking to write anything to a text file, except for after an employee clocks in or out, which is working so far. I want to be able to read what is in my timeclock.txt file to see if someone with a specific ID number has already punched in or not. If they have, I want them to be able to punch out and not punch in again. If they have not, I want them to have to be directed back to the top of the while loop. It's making me just a little bit crazy.

Ulf Dittmer wrote:What does this code do now, and how is that different from what you expected it to do? To put it another way: do you have a concrete question about it?

Hi, Ulf. As of now, it does nothing. I have an error that displays bad operand types for binary operator '&&' on line 84, and another error on line 86 that says incompatible types: TimeClock cannot be converted to List<TimeClock>. It might help to see the other file from which I'm pulling some of these methods. It is as follows:
import java.io.*; import java.util.*; import java.nio.file.*; import java.text.*; public class TimeClockTextFile implements TimeClockDAO { private List<TimeClock> timePunches; private static String timeClockPath = "timeclock.txt"; @Override public List<TimeClock> readTimePunches() { if(timePunches != null) return timePunches; timePunches = new ArrayList<TimeClock>(); DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss"); if(Files.exists(Paths.get(timeClockPath))) // prevent the FileNotFoundException { try(BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader( new FileReader( new File(timeClockPath)))) { // read all employees in the file into the array list String line = in.readLine(); while(line != null) { // split text file into columns String[] columns = line.split(EmployeeTextFile.FIELD_SEP); /*if(columns.length != 3) { System.err.println("Could not read text file for Time Punches."); return null; }*/ // employee ID column int employeeID = Integer.parseInt(columns[0]); // time stamp column Date timeStamp; try { timeStamp = dateFormat.parse(columns[1]); } catch (ParseException e) { System.err.println("Could not parse time stamp: " + columns[1]); timeStamp = null; } // in or out column String punchInOrOut = columns[2]; timePunches.add(new TimeClock(employeeID, timeStamp, punchInOrOut)); line = in.readLine(); } } catch(IOException e) { System.out.println(e); return null; } } return timePunches; } // write items to timeclock.txt file @Override public void writeTimePunch(TimeClock timeClock) { try { // open an output stream for overwriting a text file PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter( new BufferedWriter( new FileWriter( new File(timeClockPath), true))); // (filename, true) when // ready to add another line // write the TimeClock object to the file out.print(timeClock.exportToTextFile() + "\n"); // close the writer out.close(); } catch(IOException e) { System.out.println("Error! Date & time could not be saved."); } } }

Hey there. I'm trying to figure out how to read my text file so that an employee with a specified employee ID number must have a record of having punched-in before they can punch-out of the system. Here is what I'm working with so far:
import java.text.*; import java.util.*; import java.io.*; import java.nio.file.*; public class TimeClockApp { // declare class variables private static EmployeeDAO employeeDAO = null; private static TimeClockDAO timeClockDAO = null; private static Scanner sc = null; // format date and time / //HH converts hour in 24 hours format (0-23), day calculation private static DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss"); public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { // set the class variables employeeDAO = DAOFactory.getEmployeeDAO(); timeClockDAO = DAOFactory.getTimeClockDAO(); sc = new Scanner(System.in); int employeeID = 0; List<Employee> employees = employeeDAO.readEmployees(); List<TimeClock> timePunches = timeClockDAO.readTimePunches(); if(timePunches == null) { timePunches = new ArrayList<TimeClock>(); } // display a welcome message System.out.println("Welcome to the Punch-In/Punch-Out Screen\n"); // print option menu System.out.print("Please choose an option below:" + "\n" + "I. Punch In" + "\n" + "O. Punch Out" + "\n"); String choice = ""; // get input from user Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); while(choice != null) { // get input from user "i" or "o" while (!choice.equalsIgnoreCase("i") && !choice.equalsIgnoreCase("o")) { // it will not continue if user does not enter a valid choice choice = Validator.getScreenChoice(sc, "Choice: "); } System.out.println(); // print a blank line if(!choice.isEmpty()) { // addition of screen choice to arraylist/text file //timeClock.add(choice); // create employee object Employee employee = null; System.out.println("PUNCH CLOCK"); System.out.println("-----------"); // read employee ID and compare to employee.txt while(employee == null) { employeeID = Validator.getEmployeeID(sc, "Enter Employee ID: "); for(Employee e : employees) { if(e.getEmployeeID() == employeeID) { employee = e; break; } } } // if employee ID is valid, have they punched in already? // if not, try again. if(employee.getEmployeeID() == employeeID && choice.equalsIgnoreCase("o")) // <-- This is where I'm having trouble { // has employee punched in? If yes, continue. for(TimeClock t : timePunches) { if(t.getPunchInOrOut() && choice.equalsIgnoreCase("i")) { timePunches = t; break; } else() { // if employee has not punched in, try again } } } TimeClock newTimePunch = new TimeClock(employeeID, new Date(), choice); // if employee ID is valid, // addition of date and time to arraylist/text file timePunches.add(newTimePunch); //write to the file timeClockDAO.writeTimePunch(newTimePunch); // conditional statement for in/out + formatting System.out.println("Punch-" + (choice.equalsIgnoreCase("i") ? "In" : "Out") + " Successful!" + "\n" + "Date & Time: " + dateFormat.format(new Date()) + "\n" + "Employee Name: " + employee.getFirstName() + " " + employee.getLastName() + "\n" + "Employee ID: " + employee.getEmployeeID() + "\n"); System.out.println(); // print a blank line break; } else { System.out.println("Invalid entry. Please try again."); } } // press enter to continue to the main screen System.out.printf("Press enter to return to the main screen. "); sc.nextLine(); System.out.println("Okay, returning to Main Screen. Goodbye!"); System.out.println(); // print a blank line MainScreenApp.main(args); } }
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Jacob Draper wrote:You can add
out.println(); //blank this way it just moves you to the next line

or you could do
out.print("\n") // does the same thing

Add one of those where necessary. (I believe it would go outside of your for loop. Probably after it?


So it would look like

for (int i = 0; i < sz; i++) { out.println(timeClock.get(i)); // <-- I'm guessing this is where the problem lies. } out.println(); out.close();

not 100% that is the location for it, but you are gonna need to put it in the right place to move you to the next line.

Ooh, that's what I was doing wrong. I was putting out.println(); inside the for loop, so I wasn't getting the correct result.
i 6 2014/06/08 17:15:19 i 6 2014/06/08 17:15:38 i 7 2014/06/08 17:15:55
Thank you! I placed out.println(); outside the for loop, and now things are recording correctly. Thanks again, Jacob!

Jacob Draper wrote:Out.println will output and move to next line,
out.print will keep you on the same line.

Remove "ln"

Thank you, Jacob! That almost works completely. Everything is now in one line, but it seems that the second time I go through the TimeClockApp, the next record is recorded next to the previous record (on the same line) instead of on the next line. Like this:
i 3 2014/06/08 16:22:45 i 4 2014/06/08 16:23:18
Any tips for recording each line on its own line like this?:
i 3 2014/06/08 16:22:45 i 4 2014/06/08 16:23:18
Thanks again!

Hi, guys. I'm trying to print the information entered into my TimeClockApp to a text file named timeclock.txt. Everything is writing to the text file, except instead of adding each part of the run through the app to one line, it is saving each part on a separate line like this:
i 3 2014/06/08 15:32:29
To ensure that each run through the time clock is recorded on a different line in the text file, I want it to add each item like this instead:
i 3 2014/06/08 15:32:29
I have tried to execute the out.println(timeClock.get(i)); line as out.println(timeClock.get(i) + "\t"); and out.println(timeClock.get(i) + "\n");, but have had no luck in fixing this problem. My current code that writes the information to the text file is as follows:
// write items to timeclock.txt file try { // open an output stream for overwriting a text file PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter( new BufferedWriter( new FileWriter(fileName))); // (filename, true) when // ready to add another line // write the TimeClock object to the file int sz = timeClock.size(); for (int i = 0; i < sz; i++) { out.println(timeClock.get(i)); // <-- I'm guessing this is where the problem lies. } out.close(); } catch(IOException e) { System.out.println("Error! Date & time could not be saved."); }
Thanks in advance for your help. I'm not very good at Java yet!

Still no progress. If anyone else can help, I would be very grateful. Apparently, I have to set the read-in value of what the user inputs at line 51 to employee ID, but I have no idea how to do that. Can anyone help?