title: Writing to File in Java: output displays differently in NotePad vs. Word/WordPad/NotePad++
body: <p>Below is the Java code for reading an existing text file called Sales.txt
  and outputting a bar chart to a text file called storeReport.txt<br />
  Each asterisk represents $100 in sales. </p>
  
  <p>import java.io.*;</p>
  
  <p>import java.util.*;</p>
  
  <p>public class BarChart</p>
  
  <p>{
      public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException</p>
  
  <pre><code>   {
         int[] s = new int[5];
         int[] b = new int[5];
  
         FileWriter fstream = new FileWriter("storeReport.txt");
         BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fstream);
         Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new File("Sales.txt"));
  
     int i = 0;
  
         while(scanner.hasNext())
         s[i++] = scanner.nextInt();
           System.out.println("SALES BAR CHART\n");
           out.write("SALES BAR CHART\n");
  
     for (i=0; i&lt;s.length; i++)
         {
          b[i] = s[i]/100;
          out.write("store "+ (i+1) +" : ");
          System.out.print("store "+ (i+1) +" : ");
  
          for(int j = 1; j &lt;= b[i]; j++) {
            System.out.print("*");
            out.write("*"); }
            out.write("\n");
            System.out.println();
         }
  
          out.close();  //Close the output stream
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>}<br>
  }</p>
  
  <p>When I open storeReport.txt in Word, or WordPad, or NotePad++ the output is displayed as was intended:</p>
  
  <p>store 1 : <strong><em>*</em>**<em></strong><br />
  store 2 : <strong></em>**<em>*</em>**</strong><br />
  store 3 : <strong><em>*</em>**<em>*</em>**<em>*</em>*</strong><br />
  store 4 : <strong><em>*</em>*</strong><br />
  store 5 : <strong><em>*</em>**<em>*</em>**<em>*</em>**</strong></p>
  
  <p>When I open the file in NotePad, the outputs are displayed all on one line. (I'm using Windows 7 and the latest jGrasp to compile and run the program.)SALES BAR CHART</p>
  
  <p>The input file Sales.txt reads as such:</p>
  
  <p>1000<br />
  1200<br />
  1800<br />
  800<br />
  1900</p>
  
  <p>Anybody have an idea on why NotePad shows the output as:</p>
  
  <p>SALES BAR CHARTstore 1 : <strong><em>*</em>**</strong><em>store 2 : <strong></em>**<em>*</em>*</strong><em>store 3 : <strong></em>**<em>*</em>**<em>*</em>**</strong><em>store 4 : <strong></em>**</strong><em>store 5 : <strong></em>**<em>*</em>**<em>*</em>****</strong></p>