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Print On

print to an output device
Syntax 

Print E:OBJECT On D:DEVICE

Description
This command prints the value of expression E to the device D. Currently, the command can be used to print to files, strings, or the CoCoA window. In the first two cases, the appropriate device must be opened with OpenOFile or OpenOString .

Example 
  D := OpenOFile("my-test");  -- open "my-test" for output from CoCoA
  Print "hello world" On D;   -- print string into "mytest"
  Close(D);  -- close the file
  D := OpenIFile("my-test");  -- open "my-test" for input to CoCoA
  Get(D,3);  -- get the first three characters (in Ascii code)
[104, 101, 108]
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  Ascii(It);  -- convert the ascii code into characters
hel
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  Close(D);
See OpenOFile for an example using output strings. For printing to the CoCoA window, just use Print E which is short for Print E On DEV.OUT.

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