I'm trying to create multiple output files based off an input file where the file names in the input file can vary and can be repeated in which case the text would just be added to the already created file

example input file


whats the best way to go about this not looking for code just some direction thanks

what part do you have issues with?

/edit

open input file.
read all the file names into an array.
loop the array.
open the file with append mode true.

This post was edited by carteblanche on Mar 27 2016 08:04pm

so I can just loop through the input file, set the file name to a String and what do something like PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(fileName);?

you need to write to a filewriter to append
PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(fileName,true));//true sets append mode on
filewriter is costly though look into bufferedwriter as well new printwriter(new bufferedwriter(new filewriter(file,true)))

thanks to both of you guys