Java.io.PrintStream.write() Method

Description

The java.io.PrintStream.write() method writes len bytes from the specified byte array starting at offset off to this stream. If automatic flushing is enabled then the flush method will be invoked. Note that the bytes will be written as given; to write characters that will be translated according to the platform's default character encoding, use the print(char) or println(char) methods.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.io.PrintStream.write() method

public void write(byte[] buf,int off,int len)

Parameters

• buf -- A byte array

• off -- Offset from which to start taking bytes

• len -- Number of bytes to write

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Exception

• NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.io.PrintStream.write() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.*;

public class PrintStreamDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {
      byte c[] = {70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76};

      // create printstream object
      PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(System.out);

      // write bytes 1-3
      ps.write(c, 1, 3);

      // flush the stream
      ps.flush();

   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

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