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Sprint

convert to a string
Syntax 

Sprint(E:OBJECT):STRING

Description
This function takes any CoCoA expression and converts its value to a string. One use is to check for extremely long output before printing in a CoCoA window.

Example 
  Use R ::= QQ[x,y];
  I := Ideal(x,y);
  J := Sprint(I);
  I;
Ideal(x, y)
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  J;        -- The output for I and J looks the same, but ...
Ideal(x, y)
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  Type(I);  -- I is an ideal, and
IDEAL
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  Type(J);  -- J is just the string "Ideal(x, y)".
STRING
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  J[1];  -- the 1st character of J
I
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  J[2];  -- the 2nd character of J
d
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  Len(J);  -- J has 11 characters
11
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