8.17 WRITE

WRITE
        OUTFILE=’file_name’
        RECORDS=n_lines
        {NOTABLE,TABLE}
        /[line_no] arg…

arg takes one of the following forms:
        ’string’ [start-end]
        var_list start-end [type_spec]
        var_list (fortran_spec)
        var_list *

WRITE writes text or binary data to an output file.

See PRINT, for more information on syntax and usage. PRINT and WRITE differ in only a few ways:

• WRITE uses write formats by default, whereas PRINT uses print formats.
• PRINT inserts a space between variables unless a format is explicitly specified, but WRITE never inserts space between variables in output.
• PRINT inserts a space at the beginning of each line that it writes to an output file (and PRINT EJECT inserts ‘1’ at the beginning of each line that should begin a new page), but WRITE does not.
• PRINT outputs the system-missing value according to its specified output format, whereas WRITE outputs the system-missing value as a field filled with spaces. Binary formats are an exception.