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<div><h1>net -- format for printing, as a net</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>net x</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>x</tt></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___Net.html">net</a></span>, a net obtained by formatting <tt>x</tt> for printing</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
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This function is the primary function called upon by <a href="__lt_lt.html" title="a binary operator (file output, ...)"><<</a> to format expressions for printing. The default method provided by the system is to convert <tt>x</tt> to an <a href="___Expression.html" title="the class of all expressions">Expression</a> with <a href="_expression.html" title="convert to an expression">expression</a> and then to convert that to a net.<p/>
A new method for formatting expressions of class <tt>X</tt> may be installed by the user with code of the form <tt>net X := x -> ...</tt>. The function provided by the user should return a net or a string.<p/>
There are various such methods for formatting, but we don't document them separately.</div>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Ways to use <tt>net</tt> :</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_net_lp__String_rp.html" title="convert a string to a net">net(String)</a> -- convert a string to a net</span></li>
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