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The printing functions include:
Print,
Print Graph,
Print Precision,
Print Width,
Backslash \, and
Save Output.
The print command prints it arguments in a formatted
form to the output list device. If an argument is undefined, a
"NIL" string is printed.
- Any arguments are allowed.
Print(any values passed as arguments);
print("Hello World"," from ACON ",5);
Hello World from ACON 5
The print_graph command prints the graph window.
Print_graph();
This command is specific to the ACON_GUI version of ACON.
This command sets the print precision to be used
when printing. The printing precision is the number of decimal
digits printed for floating point numbers.
- There is 1 parameter:
- digits - the number of decimal places to print. The
default is to print only to the resolution of the data (digits = -1).
Print_Precision(digits);
/* only prints 1 digit here as that is the implicit resolution of this data */
print(1.5)
1.5
print_precision(12);
print(1.5)
1.500000000000
print_precision(-1); /* restore default */
This command sets the print width to be used when
printing. The printing width is the number of characters per line
printed to the output device.
- There is 1 parameter:
- width - the number of characters to print. The default
is 72.
Print_Precision(width);
print_width(150);
The \ operator may be used to set the print precision
for numeric output for an immediate output line. This operator is added as the last object of the command line.
- There are 2 parameters:
- left side - any numeric output.
- right side - the immediate print precision for this line.
seq(1,10.1,2.3333) \ 1
1.0 3.3 5.7 8.0
This command specifies the name of the output file
to use to store execution output into. The current file is closed
and new output is written to the new output file. If the name
is a null string, the current file is closed, but the output file
name is not altered.
- There is 1 parameter:
- output file name - the name of the new output file
to write the results to.
Save_Output("output file name");
Save_Output("mySaveFile");
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