Cant figure out the error

Question

public void datfileout()
try
BufferedWriter outstream = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("character.txt"));//declares variable that reads in from file
for(int x=0;x<holdinfo.size();x++)
outstream.write((String)holdinfo.get(x));//writes names to file
outstream.newLine();//starts a new line
outstream.close(); //closes file
catch (Exception e)
System.err.println("Caught exception " + e.toString());//checks for an error
this is what i have attempted to put in an applet but it seems just to freeze every time i go in this method what should i do?

Answer 1

Your code works for me :
* Applet_Test.java
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Applet_Test extends JApplet {
    public void init() {
        datfileout();
        System.out.println("Applet_Test is OK");
    ArrayList holdinfo = new ArrayList();{
        holdinfo.add("Test 1");
        holdinfo.add("Test 2");
        holdinfo.add("Test 3");
    public void datfileout() {
        try {
            BufferedWriter outstream = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("character.txt"));
            for(int x=0;x<holdinfo.size();x++) {
                outstream.write((String)holdinfo.get(x));//writes names to file
                outstream.newLine();//starts a new line
            outstream.close(); //closes file
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Caught exception " + e.toString());//checks for an error
}