Help adding things to string lists

Hey, So what im trying to do here is make it so when players type /recommend <Staff Name> It saves the staff name that they recommended to the config.yml under the string "Recommendations" This is my code that i have, Please tell me what i can add in order for this to work (Or what i can change). Thanks for any help.

Code:

                cooldowns.put(player.getName(), System.currentTimeMillis());
                player.sendMessage(ChatColor.GOLD + "You have successfully recommended:\n" + ChatColor.BOLD + ChatColor.LIGHT_PURPLE + (args[0]));
                for (String line : getConfig().getStringList("Recommends")) {
                    player.sendMessage(line);
                }    

Please let me know if i need to add more of my code for you to understand what im saying i need.

 

@Jackson12, you posted a thread that was extremely similar to this just this week. We're not going to keep spoon feeding you; you need to learn java.

Use the .add(Object o) method of list and add another entry, then save the list back to the config.

 

This is what i added

Code:

getConfig().getStringList("Recommends").add(args[0]);

After i type /recommend Player then stop the server and go into the config its only showing one players name and its not making it a list.

 

• store the list locally
• add to that list
• set the modified list as a whole back to the config
• save config.

 

This is what i have, and its not working, please help me.

Code:

                cooldowns.put(player.getName(), System.currentTimeMillis());
                player.sendMessage(ChatColor.GOLD + "You have successfully recommended:\n" + ChatColor.BOLD + ChatColor.LIGHT_PURPLE + (args[0]));
                getConfig().getStringList("Recommends").add(args[1]);
               
                for (String line : getConfig().getStringList("Recommends")) {
                    player.sendMessage(line);
                }    

Ok i got it, I added this....

Code:

List<String> Recommends = getConfig().getStringList("Recommends");
Recommends.add(args[0]);
getConfig().set("Recommends", Recommends);
saveConfig();

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