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<B>WRITE</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>command</B><P>
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The <em>write</em> command explicitly writes its arguments to the output device 

(terminal or file). 
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syntax: </H3>
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<em>write</em>&lt;item&gt;{,&lt;item&gt;}* 
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&lt;item&gt; can be an expression, an assignment or a 
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enclosed in double quotation marks (<em>&quot;</em>). 
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write a, sin x, &quot;this is a string&quot;; 


  ASIN(X)this is a string 


write a,&quot; &quot;,sin x,&quot; this is a string&quot;; 


  A SIN(X) this is a string 


if not numberp(a) then write &quot;the symbol &quot;,a;
							


  the symbol A 


array m(10); 

for i := 1:5 do write m(i) := 2*i; 


  M(1) := 2
  M(2) := 4
  M(3) := 6
  M(4) := 8
  M(5) := 10


m(4); 

  8

</TT></PRE><P>The items specified by a single <em>write</em> statement print on 
a single line 
unless they are too long. A printed line is always ended with a carriage 
return, so the next item printed starts a new line. 
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When an assignment statement is printed, the assignment is also made. This 
allows you to get feedback on filling slots in an array with a 
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 statement, as shown in the last example above. 
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