Create a java program that reads a .dat file which is fixed width and parse\'s t

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Create a java program that reads a .dat file which is fixed width and parse's the patients information and then writes the file into a .csv file Using java libaries. The patients information in includes from left to right Patients Name, Address, City, State, Primary physican, Medical Alergies. below is some information that can be place within the .dat file.

patient.dat:

Full Name    Address City State Primary Physican Medical allergies
Donald Trump    14527 Jefferson Ave   Robinsdale ME Dr. Anderson    Zyrtic
John Doe 11123 Roberson Dr     New York City NY Dr. Lily None
Adolph Greyleaf 14378 Ginger Bread Rd Kansas City KS Dr. Rubertlongfellow Medroxyprogesterone

Explanation / Answer

import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileWriter;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Grades {

public static void main(String[] args) {

try {

//System.out.print("Enter the file name with extension : ");

FileWriter fw=new FileWriter("patient.csv");

Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

File file = new File("patient.dat");

scanner = new Scanner(file);

while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {

String line = scanner.nextLine();

String words[]=line.split(" +");

for(String i:words) fw.write(i+",");

fw.write(" ");

System.out.println(line);

}

fw.close();

scanner.close();

} catch (Exception ex) {

System.out.println("input file missing check once");

}

}

}

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