🚀 go-pugleaf

Sam C. King wrote:
> 
> I have tried in vane, just about everything I can think
> of to create the simple file outlined in deitel's book
> on p777, with no luck.
> 
> From what I've read, I really thought that the following
> was going to work:
> 
> String s1 = "abc";
> byte[] b1 = new byte[15];
> b1 = s1.getBytes();
> raf.write(b1,0,15);
> 

b1 is not a 15 byte array.  When you assigned 

  b1 = s1.getBytes()

you replaced your 15 byte array with a 3 character array.  That is the
source of your problem.

All the best,
++Brian

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