The following text was written to the standard output stream when the ReverseCopy program was executed from IntelliJ.
package arraylistplay; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.PrintWriter; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Scanner; public class ReverseCopy { public static void main(String[] args)throws FileNotFoundException, IOException { String inputFileName = "Closer.text"; String outputFileName = "CloserReversed.text"; ArrayListwords = readWordsFromFile(inputFileName); writeWordsToFile(words, outputFileName); } private static ArrayList readWordsFromFile(String inputFileName) throws FileNotFoundException{ Scanner scanner = establishScanner(inputFileName); ArrayList words = new ArrayList<>(); while (scanner.hasNext()){ String word = scanner.next(); words.add(word); } return words; } private static void writeWordsToFile(ArrayList words, String outputFileName) throws IOException{ PrintWriter printer =getPrintWriter(outputFileName); for (int x = words.size()-1; x >= 0; x=x-1){ printer.println(words.get(x)); } printer.close(); } private static Scanner establishScanner(String inputFileName ) throws FileNotFoundException{ String fullFileName = createFullFileName(inputFileName); return new Scanner(new File(fullFileName)); } private static PrintWriter getPrintWriter(String outputFileName) throws FileNotFoundException{ String fullFileName = createFullFileName(outputFileName); PrintWriter printer = new PrintWriter(fullFileName); return printer; } private static String createFullFileName(String fileName){ String separator = System.getProperty("file.separator"); String home = System.getProperty("user.home"); String path = home + separator + "CS1Files" + separator + "data" + separator; String fullFileName = path + fileName; return fullFileName; } }