file output question

[Louie Cheung]

this code simply takes 2 integer from user and write them on file, but the output file becomes rubbish such as:
how do i fix this? thanks

import java.io.*; 
 
 
public class ReadString { 
 
   public static void main (String[] args) { 
 
      int[] inputNum = new int[2]; 
      int minNum = 0, maxNum = 0;
      int totalNum = 0;
 
      ReadString rs = new ReadString();
      inputNum = rs.getNum();
 
      if (inputNum[0] == inputNum[1]) {
         System.out.print("First number must not equal second number!");
         inputNum = rs.getNum();
      } else if (inputNum[0] < inputNum[1]) {
         minNum = inputNum[0];
         maxNum = inputNum[1];
      } else {
         maxNum = inputNum[0];
         minNum = inputNum[1];
      }
         
      totalNum = maxNum - minNum + 1;
      
      DataOutputStream dos2 = null;
      BufferedOutputStream div2 = null;
 
      try {
         div2 = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("C:\\java_output_div2.txt"));
         dos2 = new DataOutputStream(div2);
 
         for (int i=minNum ; i<maxNum ; i++) {
            if (i % 2 == 0) {
               dos2.writeInt(i);
            }
         }
      } catch (IOException ex) {
         ex.printStackTrace();
      } finally {
            try {
                if (div2 != null) {
                    div2.flush();
                    div2.close();
                }
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                ex.printStackTrace();
            }          
      }      
   }
 
   public int[] getNum() {
     
      int[] num = new int[2]; 
      
      System.out.print("Enter first number: "); 
 
      BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); 
 
      try { 
         num[0] = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine()); 
      } catch (IOException ioe) { 
         System.out.println("IO error trying to read first number!"); 
         System.exit(1); 
      } 
 
      System.out.println("First Number: " + num[0]); 
 
    
 
      System.out.print("Enter second number: "); 
 
      try { 
         num[1] = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine()); 
      } catch (IOException ioe) { 
         System.out.println("IO error trying to read first number!"); 
         System.exit(1); 
      } 
 
      System.out.println("Second Number: " + num[1]);
 
      return num;
 
   }
 
}

[edit]Add code tags. CR[/edit]
[ November 17, 2008: Message edited by: Campbell Ritchie ]

[Campbell Ritchie]

Please use the code button; I have edited your post so you can see how much easier it is to read.
You are not getting nonsense; when I edited your post I saw the squares had turned to tiny boxes which look like what I have called code, only smaller.

______
| 0 0 |
| 0 2 |
______

That means you have put 0x0002 into your file, and 0x0002 is a control character. What it actually is, you can work out by looking for "basic Latin" or similar in Unicode. If you pass 2 you get 0x0002. Try running your app with 65 66 67 68 and see whether you get the same as 0x41 0x42 0x43 and 0x44 (same Unicode chart).

What is happening is that you are writing the numbers in binary rather than in text. You need to go through the classes you are using and see whether you are writing binary or text, and whether you should be using different classes. There is more about writing to files etc in the Java Tutorials; I think you want to write a "character stream."

[Campbell Ritchie]

Actually a trip to the DataOutputStream API will help explain things.