Function ConsoleWrite

Writes data to the STDOUT stream. Some text editors can read this stream as can other programs which may be expecting data on this stream.

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Remarks

The purpose for this function is to write to the STDOUT stream. Many popular text editors can read this stream. Scripts compiled as Console applications also have a STDOUT stream.

This does not write to a DOS console unless the script is compiled as a console application.

Characters are converted to ANSI before being written.

Binary data is written as-is. It will not be converted to a string. To print the hex representation of binary data, use the String() function to explicitly cast the data to a string.

The @error and @extended are not set on return leaving them as they were before calling. Usefull when debugging with the SciTE debugging output.

Example

Example 1

Local $sString = "This is an example of writing to the console."
ConsoleWrite($sString & @CRLF) ; Running this in a text editor which can trap console output e.g. SciTE, will display value of $sString.

Example 2 for writing in SciTe output pane

ConsoleWrite('! = Red' & @CRLF) ; ! = red text color
ConsoleWrite('> = Blue' & @CRLF) ; > = blue text color
ConsoleWrite('- = Orange' & @CRLF) ; - = orange text color
ConsoleWrite('+ = Green' & @CRLF) ; + = green text color
ConsoleWrite('(5) : = Red (jump to line 5 when double-clicked)' & @CRLF) ; '(5) :' red text color and double click jumps to (line number)
ConsoleWrite('Start_with_String_or_Integer_WithOut_Space' & @TAB & @TAB & '6' & ' = Pink (jump to line 6 when double-clicked)' & @CRLF)
; pink text color, any sign (without space) and then @TAB & @TAB & 'line number'

; Example 1
ConsoleWrite('(' & @ScriptLineNumber & ') : = Red (jump to line ' & @ScriptLineNumber & ' when double-clicked)' & @CRLF)

; Clear console output pane of SciTE after 5000 ms
Sleep(5000)
ControlSend("[CLASS:SciTEWindow]", "", "Scintilla2", "+{F5}")

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