FileWriter in java not writing to txt file [duplicate]

Answer 1

You should close your writer in a finally block.

BufferedWriter out = null;

try {
    out = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("/Users/AlecStanton/Desktop/name.txt/"));
    out.write(playername);
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
    try {
        if(out != null){
            out.close();
        } else {
            System.out.println("Buffer has not been initialized!");
        }
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}