diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/DoubleDict.java b/core/src/processing/data/DoubleDict.java
index b503c8525..c8297df6e 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/DoubleDict.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/DoubleDict.java
@@ -792,6 +792,16 @@ public class DoubleDict {
   }
 
 
+  /**
+   * Save tab-delimited entries to a file (TSV format, UTF-8 encoding)
+   */
+  public void save(File file) {
+    PrintWriter writer = PApplet.createWriter(file);
+    write(writer);
+    writer.close();
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Write tab-delimited entries out to
    * @param writer
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/DoubleList.java b/core/src/processing/data/DoubleList.java
index 8abd51fe3..ae47a8442 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/DoubleList.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/DoubleList.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package processing.data;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Random;
@@ -890,6 +892,27 @@ public class DoubleList implements Iterable<Double> {
   }
 
 
+  /**
+   * Save tab-delimited entries to a file (TSV format, UTF-8 encoding)
+   */
+  public void save(File file) {
+    PrintWriter writer = PApplet.createWriter(file);
+    write(writer);
+    writer.close();
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Write entries to a PrintWriter, one per line
+   */
+  public void write(PrintWriter writer) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      writer.println(data[i]);
+    }
+    writer.flush();
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Return this dictionary as a String in JSON format.
    */
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/FloatDict.java b/core/src/processing/data/FloatDict.java
index ede45b181..2df14600c 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/FloatDict.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/FloatDict.java
@@ -804,6 +804,16 @@ public class FloatDict {
   }
 
 
+  /**
+   * Save tab-delimited entries to a file (TSV format, UTF-8 encoding)
+   */
+  public void save(File file) {
+    PrintWriter writer = PApplet.createWriter(file);
+    write(writer);
+    writer.close();
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Write tab-delimited entries out to
    * @param writer
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/FloatList.java b/core/src/processing/data/FloatList.java
index dc8df9748..863b05658 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/FloatList.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/FloatList.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package processing.data;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Random;
@@ -898,6 +900,27 @@ public class FloatList implements Iterable<Float> {
   }
 
 
+  /**
+   * Save tab-delimited entries to a file (TSV format, UTF-8 encoding)
+   */
+  public void save(File file) {
+    PrintWriter writer = PApplet.createWriter(file);
+    write(writer);
+    writer.close();
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Write entries to a PrintWriter, one per line
+   */
+  public void write(PrintWriter writer) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      writer.println(data[i]);
+    }
+    writer.flush();
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Return this dictionary as a String in JSON format.
    */
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/IntDict.java b/core/src/processing/data/IntDict.java
index 692655312..7acfd54b6 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/IntDict.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/IntDict.java
@@ -766,8 +766,17 @@ public class IntDict {
 
 
   /**
-   * Write tab-delimited entries out to
-   * @param writer
+   * Save tab-delimited entries to a file (TSV format, UTF-8 encoding)
+   */
+  public void save(File file) {
+    PrintWriter writer = PApplet.createWriter(file);
+    write(writer);
+    writer.close();
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Write tab-delimited entries to a PrintWriter
    */
   public void write(PrintWriter writer) {
     for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/IntList.java b/core/src/processing/data/IntList.java
index a5ada1d90..dc2c89916 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/IntList.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/IntList.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package processing.data;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Random;
@@ -898,6 +900,27 @@ public class IntList implements Iterable<Integer> {
   }
 
 
+  /**
+   * Save tab-delimited entries to a file (TSV format, UTF-8 encoding)
+   */
+  public void save(File file) {
+    PrintWriter writer = PApplet.createWriter(file);
+    write(writer);
+    writer.close();
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Write entries to a PrintWriter, one per line
+   */
+  public void write(PrintWriter writer) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      writer.println(data[i]);
+    }
+    writer.flush();
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Return this dictionary as a String in JSON format.
    */
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/LongDict.java b/core/src/processing/data/LongDict.java
index 4d2c3f3f1..18ecac703 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/LongDict.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/LongDict.java
@@ -761,8 +761,17 @@ public class LongDict {
 
 
   /**
-   * Write tab-delimited entries out to
-   * @param writer
+   * Save tab-delimited entries to a file (TSV format, UTF-8 encoding)
+   */
+  public void save(File file) {
+    PrintWriter writer = PApplet.createWriter(file);
+    write(writer);
+    writer.close();
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Write tab-delimited entries to a PrintWriter
    */
   public void write(PrintWriter writer) {
     for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/LongList.java b/core/src/processing/data/LongList.java
index 01975694d..77bbd8b15 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/LongList.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/LongList.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package processing.data;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Random;
@@ -899,6 +901,27 @@ public class LongList implements Iterable<Long> {
   }
 
 
+  /**
+   * Save tab-delimited entries to a file (TSV format, UTF-8 encoding)
+   */
+  public void save(File file) {
+    PrintWriter writer = PApplet.createWriter(file);
+    write(writer);
+    writer.close();
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Write entries to a PrintWriter, one per line
+   */
+  public void write(PrintWriter writer) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      writer.println(data[i]);
+    }
+    writer.flush();
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Return this dictionary as a String in JSON format.
    */
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/StringDict.java b/core/src/processing/data/StringDict.java
index 38a170c51..012e266d2 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/StringDict.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/StringDict.java
@@ -571,8 +571,17 @@ public class StringDict {
 
 
   /**
-   * Write tab-delimited entries out to
-   * @param writer
+   * Save tab-delimited entries to a file (TSV format, UTF-8 encoding)
+   */
+  public void save(File file) {
+    PrintWriter writer = PApplet.createWriter(file);
+    write(writer);
+    writer.close();
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Write tab-delimited entries to a PrintWriter
    */
   public void write(PrintWriter writer) {
     for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/StringList.java b/core/src/processing/data/StringList.java
index 5e14d3569..c4de6d33c 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/StringList.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/StringList.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package processing.data;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Random;
@@ -756,6 +758,27 @@ public class StringList implements Iterable<String> {
   }
 
 
+  /**
+   * Save tab-delimited entries to a file (TSV format, UTF-8 encoding)
+   */
+  public void save(File file) {
+    PrintWriter writer = PApplet.createWriter(file);
+    write(writer);
+    writer.close();
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Write entries to a PrintWriter, one per line
+   */
+  public void write(PrintWriter writer) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      writer.println(data[i]);
+    }
+    writer.flush();
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Return this dictionary as a String in JSON format.
    */
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index ae6480564..fe9c21c7b 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ X also add subset(long) and subset(double) to PApplet
 X change Sort class to use int for comparisons
 X   sort only uses the sign of the value
 X   more accurate than float, especially when using double and long values
+X consistently implement write(PrintWriter) in the List and Dict classes
+X add save(File) to the List and Dict classes
 
 gohai
 X Various ARM-related updates