I want to create a file but the below code doesn't create any file.
package InputOutput; import java.io.*; public class FinalProject{ private File f; public File createFile() throws IOException{ f = new File("E:\\Programming\\Class files\\practice\\src\\InputOutput\\helpSystem.txt"); return f; } public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException{ FinalProject fp = new FinalProject(); fp.createFile(); } } In Java File represents a path name to a file or a directory, not a writable file stream. If you need to create a file, call createNewFile on the File object:
try { f.createNewFile(); } catch (IOException ex) { // Cannot create new file } 
createNewFile is a method on File. Since your createNewFile method returns a File, you can call createNewFile on it. You could also use f variable that your createFile() method sets. Finally, you could add a call to createNewFile() right in your createFile() method.fp.createFile(); to fp.createFile().createNewFile();. However, it does not matter from where you call createNewFile(): that was the only part missing from your code, which was otherwise correct.Add the following in your createFile method:
if(!f.exists()) { f.createNewFile(); } 
createNewFile() "..creates a new, empty file named by this abstract pathname if and only if a file with this name does not yet exist." (The if check is redundant.)This is the correct code to create the file.
public File createFile() throws IOException{ f = new File("E:\\Programming\\Class files\\practice\\src\\InputOutput\\helpSystem.txt"); if(!f.exists()) { f.createNewFile(); } return f; } Call the createNewFile method which creates a new file if the specified file not exists Here is the link to the instructions.
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