Re: Writing strings without quotes and linefeeds
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- Subject: [mg13416] Re: Writing strings without quotes and linefeeds
- From: Tobias Oed <tobias at physics.odu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:33:03 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
sean_ross_at_pl-04m3 at smtpgw1.plk.af.mil wrote:
>
> I am attempting to write a data file to disk using spaces as the
> delimiters and linefeeds as record separators. When I use Write,
> as
> in
>
> Write[stream,"mystring \n","next line"]
>
> what actually appears in the file is
>
> "mystring \n""next line"
>
> rather than:
>
> mystring
> next line
>
>
> Does anyone know how to append line feeds onto strings and not put
> quotes around strings?
Try
SetOptions[stream,{FormatType->OutputForm}] to get rid of the quotes and
WriteString instead of write,
I think this sould work but cannot check it right now since both my
mathematica licences are under heavy use.
Tobias