I'm trying to delete files using a for-loop.
for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
String pathName = "test" + i + ".csv";
boolean success = (new File(pathName)).delete();
}
But this code deletes only the first file, but not the other ones.
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What are your file names? Are they really `test0.csv`, `test1.csv`, `test2.csv`? Try printing `success` in the for loop, what does it print? – Sweeper Sep 25 '19 at 16:49
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1What are the names of the file, you want to delete? – Donat Sep 25 '19 at 16:52
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File names are really ```test0.csv```, ```test1.csv```, ... – jumpy Sep 25 '19 at 17:10
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1You can check exists before deleting the file. – Sujay Mohan Sep 25 '19 at 17:36
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Did you mean all these 3 files - **test0.csv**, **test1.csv** and **test2.csv** - are put in the same file path, but only test0.csv was deleted afterrunning your code? – LHCHIN Sep 26 '19 at 08:48
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That's exactly what happens – jumpy Sep 26 '19 at 09:35
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This worked for me. Maybe the path where your files are located is incorrect.
for(int i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
boolean success = (new File("C:\\Users\\Suppada-Aide\\Desktop\\test"+i+".txt")).delete();
System.out.println(success);
}
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The path is the same of the first file. But it works only for the first file. – jumpy Sep 25 '19 at 19:19