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{{Primitive
|syntax=function
|category=I/O
|purpose=Print to output stream.
|synopsis='''printa'''(''file'', ''arg'' '''''[''''', ...''''']''''');
|description=
Prints each argument to the specified, separated by spaces (except in [[SETL-S]] (see [[#Bugs|bugs]]) [[SETL2]]), and terminated by a newline.<br/>
String arguments are written directly.  Non-string arguments are first converted using the [[str]] operator.
|examples=
<ol>
{{Example
|code='''printa'''("foo.txt", "Hello, World");
|result=
outputs "<tt>Hello, World</tt>" to the file "foo.txt".
}}
{{Example
|code='''printa'''("foo.txt", 1, 2);
|result=
outputs "<tt>1 2</tt>" to the file "foo.txt".
}}
{{Example
|caveats=not in [[CIMS SETL]] or [[SETL-S]]
|code=<!--
-->''h'' := open("foo.txt", "TEXT-OUT");<br/><!--
-->'''printa'''(''h'', 1, 2);
|result=
outputs "<tt>1 2</tt>" to the file "foo.txt".
}}
</ol>
|notes=
<ul>
<li>{{OutputHandleOrPath}}</li>
<li>{{Setl2RedefinedStr}}</li>
</ul>
|bugs=
*The documentation for [[SETL-S]] claims that the printed values are separated by spaces, but they are not.}}