File Input and Output Stream import java.io.*; class FileIO { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Enter some numbers."); StreamTokenizer st = new StreamTokenizer( new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in))); File f = new File("temp.out"); int numberCount = 0; try { DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream( new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(f))); while (st.nextToken() != st.TT_EOF) { if (st.ttype == st.TT_NUMBER) { dos.writeDouble(st.nval); numberCount++; } } System.out.println("numberCount=" + numberCount); dos.flush(); dos.close(); DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream( new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(f))); for (int i = 0; i < numberCount; i++) { System.out.println("number=" + dis.readDouble()); } dis.close(); } catch (IOException e) { System.err.println("FileIO: " + e); } finally { f.delete(); } } } /* ............... Example compile and run(s) % javac file.java % java FileIO Enter some numbers. 1 2 3 4.4 5.5 6.67 ^D numberCount=6 number=1.0 number=2.0 number=3.0 number=4.4 number=5.5 number=6.67 ... end of example run(s) */