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Console.Write
Type
Special Purpose
Invocation
Console.Write(arg)
Parameter
Method
Type
Description
arg
ByVal
String
A string to send to Com1.
Discussion
Console.Write is neither a subroutine nor a function. It has more in common with ZBasic statements but it
is described here for ease of reference. This special purpose method is useful for outputting debugging
information and other data to Com1. Note that no carriage return/new line is output after the string.
When this method is invoked, execution of the current task will not continue and no other task will be
allowed to run until the strings characters have been transferred to the system output queue. The
Debug.Print page contains some example code that illustrates a way to mitigate the latency that results
from this implementation detail.
In contrast to other System Library routines that copy data to a queue, the string length is not limited to
the system output queue length.
Example
Console.Write("Hello, world! ")
Console.Write("The value is " & CStr(val))
This example uses the concatenation operator to produce a single string that is passed to the method.
See Also