WRITE

The WRITE statement writes a comma-separated list of values to the screen without spacing.

Syntax

WRITE [expression, List]

Description

• expressionList is a comma-separated list of variable or literal values to be written to the screen.
• Write statement separates displayed values using comma separators(required) that will display on the screen.
• Leading and trailing number spaces are omitted when displaying numerical values.
• STRING quotation marks will also be displayed.
• Semicolons cannot be used in or following the WRITE statement!

Example(s)

Comparing WRITE to the same PRINT statement.

a% = 123
b$ = "Hello"
c! = 3.1415

PRINT a%, b$, c!   'commas display tab spaced data
WRITE a%, b$, c!   'displays commas between values, strings retain end quotes

123        Hello      3.1415
123,"Hello",3.1415 

See Also

• WRITE (file statement)
• INPUT (file statement)
• PRINT, PRINT (file statement)
• PRINT USING