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put_char(+Stream, +Char)
Puts the single character string Char onto the buffered output stream
Stream.
- Stream
- Integer (stream number) or Atom (reserved or user-defined                symbolic stream name).
- Char
- Single character string.
Description
   Puts the single-character string Char onto the output stream Stream.
Modes and Determinism
Exceptions
- (4) instantiation fault 
- Stream is not instantiated.
- (4) instantiation fault 
- Char is not instantiated.
- (5) type error 
- Stream is neither an integer nor an atom.
- (5) type error 
- Char is instantiated, but not to a single character string.
- (192) illegal stream mode 
- Stream is not an output stream.
- (193) illegal stream specification 
- Stream is an illegal stream specification.
Examples
Success:
  [eclipse]: put_char(output, "a").
  a
  yes.
  [eclipse]: get_char(input,C),put_char(output,C).
  > a
  a
  C = "a"
  yes.
Error:
  put_char(Stream,A).      (Error 4).
  put_char(output,a).      (Error 5).
  put_char(output,98).     (Error 5).
  put_char(11, "a").        (Error 192).
  put_char(atom, "a").      (Error 193).
See Also
get_char / 1, get_char / 2, put_char / 1, nl / 1