import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * An example of how to write a 2-d array to a text file.
 *
 * @author Dave Slemon
 * @version v100
*/
public class TestProgram
{
   
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        String filename = "myfile.txt";
        
        String[ ][ ] grid = 
        {
            {"Jim", "Smith", "14", "freshman"},
            {"Bob", "Jones", "18", "senior"},
            {"Sue", "Reyes", "15", "sophmore"}  
        };
        
      
        
        try
        { //t
            FileWriter out = new FileWriter(filename);
            int numRows = grid.length;
            int numCols = grid[0].length;
            
            for(int r=0; r< numRows; r++)
            {
                
                for(int c=0; c< numCols; c++)
                {
                    out.write(grid[r][c]);
                    if (c != numCols-1) out.write("\t");
                }
                out.write("\n");
            }
            out.close();
            System.out.println(filename + " successfully written.");
            
        } //t
        catch (IOException   e)
        { //c
            System.err.println("Error: An error occurred while writing file: "+ filename);
        } //c
        
    }
    
}