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<div><h1>printString -- lowlevel function to print a string, net, or symbol</h1>
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<div><tt>printString(o,s)</tt> -- send the string <tt>s</tt> to the output file <tt>o</tt>.<p/>
This function is intended for internal use only.<p/>
The argument <tt>s</tt> may also be a sequence or list, in which case its elements are printed. If an integer is encountered, then it specifies a number of spaces to be printed. If a symbol or indeterminate is encountered, its name is printed. If <a href="_null.html" title="the unique member of the empty class">null</a> is encountered, nothing is printed.<p/>
<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : printString(stdio, (a,10,"b",20,c))
a b c
o1 = stdio
o1 : File</pre>
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