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Purpose |
Output a string expression to the standard output device (console/screen). |
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Syntax |
STDOUT string_expression [;] |
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Remarks |
Output to STDOUT can be redirected to a file or a device. If redirection is not in effect, output is sent to the current active console page. If a PAGE statement is not in effect, STDOUT will write to console page 1. If a trailing semi-colon after string_expression is not present, a carriage return and linefeed (CR/LF, $CRLF, or CHR$(13,10)) are sent immediately after string_expression. Any control codes such as Carriage Return, Line Feed and Backspace embedded in string_expression will be interpreted appropriately if standard output is not redirected. That is, CR ($CR or CHR$(13)) causes the caret to move back to the beginning of the current line; LF ($LF or CHR$(10)) causes the caret to the next line; and Backspace ($BS or CHR$(8)) causes the caret to move back one character position. If non-redirectable output is required, use the PRINT statement instead. |
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Restrictions |
STDOUT is not compatible with Pipes. The current active page can be determined with the PAGEACTIVE function. |
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See also |
CONSIN, CONSOUT, GETSTDERR, GETSTDIN, GETSTDOUT, PAGE, PAGEACTIVE, PAGEVISIBLE, PCOPY, PRINT, STDEOF, STDERR, STDIN LINE |