Write to file in ansi

Question

I want to write an arraylist to a text file and have the file encoded in ansi. I have found the only way to have the file encoded in ansi is to write strings to the file. I can't figure out how to cast my arraylist to strings, (which is what i think I must do).
Any help/suggestions are appreciated. Below is my code:
import java.io.*;
//This class writes the status to the Master.txt file upon radio button press
class Writer1{
     public Writer1(){
          System.out.println("writer1 has been called");
          try {
     OutputStream bout = new BufferedOutputStream(fout);
     OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter(bout,"ASCII");
               for(int i = 0; i < Chat6.arrList.size(); i++) {
                         //out.write(Chat6.arrList.get(i)) + "\n");//need to convert to string
                    System.out.println("writing array loop " +Chat6.arrList);
                    out.flush();
               out.close();
          } catch (IOException e) {
}

Answer 1

FileWriter? I've written it before -- FileWriter is just a convenient subclass
of OutputStreamWriter that folds in a FileOutputStream. Here is its
complete source code, minus comments:
package java.io;
public class FileWriter extends OutputStreamWriter {
    public FileWriter(String fileName) throws IOException {
        super(new FileOutputStream(fileName));
    public FileWriter(String fileName, boolean append) throws IOException {
        super(new FileOutputStream(fileName, append));
    public FileWriter(File file) throws IOException {
        super(new FileOutputStream(file));
    public FileWriter(File file, boolean append) throws IOException {
        super(new FileOutputStream(file, append));
    public FileWriter(FileDescriptor fd) {
        super(new FileOutputStream(fd));
}What's missing from FileWriter that exists in OutputStreamWriter is
the ability to choose a charset! And the OP (perhaps mistakenly) seems
hellbent on choosing ASCII.