
writeq(+Stream, ?Term)

   The term Term is written on the output stream Stream in a form that can be
read in.



Arguments
   Stream              Integer (stream number) or Atom (reserved or user-defined                symbolic stream name).
   Term                Prolog term.

Type
   Term I/O

Description

   Used to write the term Term on the output stream Stream according
   to the current operator declarations.  Atoms and strings are
   quoted, operator expressions parenthesised (whenever necessary) and
   the (stream-specific or global) print_depth flag is not taken into
   account.  The output of writeq/2 can be read back, provided that
   the same operator declarations are in effect at write and read
   time.  writeq(S, Term) is equivalent to printf(S, "%QDvw", Term).


   Note that as usual, the output is buffered, so it may need to be flushed
   either by closing the stream, by writing again or by using flush/1.


   Note also that although it is possible to print suspensions and external
   handles, these are printed in their printed representation as Prolog
   terms with functors such as 'BAG' (for bag objects). They will be read
   back in as such Prolog terms, rather than as their original type. 




Modes and Determinism
   writeq(+, ?) is det

Modules
   This predicate is sensitive to its module context (tool predicate, see @/2).

Exceptions
     4 --- Stream is not instantiated.
     5 --- Stream is not an atom or an integer.
   192 --- Stream is not an output stream.
   193 --- Stream is an illegal stream specification.

Examples
   
   Success:
      [eclipse]: writeq(output, "string"),nl(output),
      > writeq(output, head:-body).
      "string"
      head :- body
      yes.

      [eclipse]: writeq(*(^(1,2),+(3,4))).
      1 ^ 2 * (3 + 4)
      yes.
Error:
      writeq(S, a(b,c)).        (Error 4).
      writeq("string", a(b,c)). (Error 5).
      writeq(9, X + 2).         (Error 192).
      writeq(atom, X + 2).      (Error 193).




See Also
   write / 1, write / 2, writeq / 1
