Re: writing string to a file

[Dale P. Smith]

On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 21:42:17 +0000
"Dr. Peter Ivanyi" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to write a string into a file/port as a string?
> What I mean is that instead of this
> 
> guile> (write-line "23")
> 23
> guile> 
> 
> I would get something like this:
> 
> guile> (write-line "23")
> "23"
> guile> 
> 
> so when I write out an s-expr I will be able to read it back in
> the same way.

That is what "write" is for:

guile> address@hidden:~$ guile
guile> (display "23") (newline)
23
guile> (write "23") (newline)  
"23"

"write" allows you to read s-expr back in with "read".

-Dale

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