FileOutput Stream

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I am getting the following error while compiling the program
variable fos1 might not have been initialized

The code for the program is as follows:
package MyInputOutput;
import java.io.*;

public class CreateFile {

public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException{
FileOutputStream fos1;
char c;
String FilePath;
FilePath = "C:/Vishnu/Java Learning/Examples/MyInputOutput/";
FilePath = FilePath + args[0];
BufferedReader obj = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
try{
fos1 = new FileOutputStream(FilePath);

}catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e){
System.out.println("Array index out of bounds");
}
do{
c = (char) obj.read();
if (c != 'z') {
fos1.write((int) c);
}
}while(c != 'z');
fos1.close();

Here I have declared fos1, but it is giving an error that
fos1 might not have been initialized.
How can i initialize fos1?
Appreciate your time.
thanks

 

[sedj]

FileOutputStream fos1 = null;

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[chiph]

sedj is correct -- because the try..catch block introduces a new scope level, when you get to the [tt]fos.close[/tt] statement, the compiler thinks you haven't initialized it.

Chip H.


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