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Sends one or more specified expressions to the PowerLanguage Editor Output Log or another output target, if specified. Any combination of string, true/false, numerical series, or numerical expressions can be specified.
Usage
Print([OutputTarget],Expression1,Expression2,etc.)The parameter inside the square brackets is optional.
Parameters
- OutputTarget - an optional parameter; specifies an output target other then the PowerLanguage Editor Output Log; the parameter must be followed by a comma.
- There are two optional output targets:
- Printer - Specifies the default printer as the output target.
- File("PathFilename") - Specifies an ASCII file as the output target; if the specified file does not exist, the file will be created.
- Where:
- PathFilename - a string expression specifying the path and filename.
- If OutputTarget is not specified, the output will be sent to the PowerLanguage Editor Output Log.
- Expression - a string, true/false, numerical series, or numerical expression. Any number of valid expressions, separated by commas, can be used.
- A string expression must be enclosed in quotation marks. For example: Print("Hello World!");
- A numerical expression can be formatted to specify the minimum number of characters, including the decimal point, and the number of decimal places to be used for the output:
- Expression:C:D
- Where:
- C - minimum number of characters,
- D - number of decimal places.
- The default output format for a numerical expression is two decimal places and a minimum of seven characters.
- If the number of decimal places in the numerical expression is more than the specified number, the value will be will be rounded off to the specified number of decimal places.
- If the number of characters in the output is less than the specified minimum, leading spaces will be added to bring the output to the specified minimum value.
- The default output format for a numerical expression is two decimal places and a minimum of seven characters.
Examples
Print(.1);Will print 0.10 in the PowerLanguage Editor Output Log, with three leading spaces inserted.
Print(1.555555:6:3);Will print 1.556 in the PowerLanguage Editor Output Log, with one leading space inserted.
Print(Printer,"Print Test");Will send the string expression "Print Test" to the default printer.
Print(File("C:\test.txt"),CurrentDate,CurrentTime);Will save the output of CurrentDate and CurrentTime to the 'test.txt' file in the root directory of the C: drive.
