write-string, write-line

write-string, write-line Function

Syntax:

write-string string &optional output-stream &key start end → string

write-line string &optional output-stream &key start end → string

Arguments and Values:

string—a string.

output-stream – an output stream designator . The default is standard output.

start, end—bounding index designators of string. The defaults for start and end are 0 and nil, respectively.

Description:

write-string writes the characters of the subsequence of string bounded by start and end to output-stream. write-line does the same thing, but then outputs a newline afterwards.

Examples:

(prog1 (write-string "books" nil :end 4) (write-string "worms")) 
▷ bookworms 
→ "books" 
(progn (write-char #\\*) 
       (write-line "test12" \*standard-output\* :end 5) 
       (write-line "\*test2") 
       (write-char #\\*) 
       nil) 
▷ \*test1 

▷ \*test2 
▷ \* 
→ NIL 

Affected By:

*standard-output*, *terminal-io*.

See Also:

read-line, write-char

Notes:

write-line and write-string return string, not the substring bounded by start and end.

(write-string string)

≡ (dotimes (i (length string)

(write-char (char string i)))

(write-line string)

≡ (prog1 (write-string string) (terpri))

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