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<div><h1>truncateOutput</h1>
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<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>truncateOutput w</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>w</tt>, <span>an <a href="___Z__Z.html">integer</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Consequences:<ul><li>The maximum output line width is set to <tt>w</tt>, which should be an integer or <a href="_infinity.html" title="infinity">infinity</a>. This function works by assigning a value to <tt>Thing#{Standard,BeforePrint}</tt>, which may conflict with other <a href="___Before__Print.html" title="top level method applied before printing results">BeforePrint</a> methods installed by the user, or those installed by the system that do line wrapping.</li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Ways to use <tt>truncateOutput</tt> :</h2>
<ul><li>truncateOutput(InfiniteNumber)</li>
<li>truncateOutput(ZZ)</li>
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