{{fbdoc item="title" value="WRITE #"}}----
Outputs a comma-separated list of values to a text file or device

{{fbdoc item="syntax"}}##
	**Write #** //filenum// **,** [ //expressionlist// ]
##
{{fbdoc item="param"}}
	##//filenum//##
		File number of an open file or device opened for ##[[KeyPgOutput|Output]]## or ##[[KeyPgAppend|Append]]##.
	##//expressionlist//##
		Comma-separated list of items to print

{{fbdoc item="desc"}}
	Outputs the values in ##//expressionlist//## to the text file or device bound to ##//filenum//##. The values are separated with commas, and strings are enclosed in double quotes. Numeric values greater than zero (##0##) and less than one (##1##) are prefixed with a zero (##0##) if none is given (e.g., a value of ##-.123## will be output as ##-0.123##). Extra zeroes are truncated.
	
	If no expression list is given, ##**Write #**## outputs a carriage return (note that the comma after ##//filenum//## is still necessary, even if no expression list is given).
	The purpose of ##**Write #**## is to create a file that can be read back by using [[KeyPgInputPp|Input #]].
	
	**Note:**
		**""-""** Using **##""Write #""##** is naturally dedicated to Output/Append Access file mode.
		**""-""** It is also allowed in Binary/Random Access file mode, but this was never well tested and results may vary.

{{fbdoc item="ex"}}

{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/fileio/write.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
const filename as string = "file.txt"

dim filenum as integer = freefile()
if 0 <> open(filename, for output, as filenum) then
	print "error opening " & filename & " for output."
	end -1
end if

dim i as integer = 10
dim d as double = 123.456
dim s as string = "text"

write #filenum, 123, "text", -.45600
write #filenum,
write #filenum, i, d, s
%%
	will produce the file:

%%
123,"text",-0.456

10,123.456,"text"
%%

{{fbdoc item="diff"}}
	- None

{{fbdoc item="see"}}
	- ##[[KeyPgWrite|Write]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgPrintPp|Print #]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgPrintPp|? #]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgInputPp|Input #]]##

{{fbdoc item="back" value="CatPgFile|File I/O Functions"}}