# Using Save() Methods

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/using-save-methods/9742>\
**Category:** Processing for Android\
**Created:** [March 29, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/using-save-methods/9742 "2019-03-29T03:08:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/using-save-methods/9742/1 "2019-03-29T03:08:40Z")

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This vexed me for a bit. Most of the solution were incomplete or too wordy.  
This is it in a nutshell:  
To save data on an Android using, saveTable(), saveStrings(), etc. This is how to do it.

String[] data; // Assign data type to the variable receiving the data  
String file = “file name”; // Assign the file name to a string variable

```
 // Assign the data you want to save to a variable. 
 //How you do it depends on the type of data you want to save

```

saveStrings(sketchPath(file), data); //the sketchPath() method must be used here  
data = loadStrings(sketchPath(file)); //the sketchPath() method must be used here

I used Strings(load and save) as an example, but this will work with Tables, Images, etc.

Think Positive