8.17 WRITE

     WRITE
             OUTFILE='file-name'
             RECORDS=n_lines
             {NOTABLE,TABLE}
             /[line_no] arg...
     
     arg takes one of the following forms:
             'string' [start-end]
             var_list start-end [type_spec]
             var_list (fortran_spec)
             var_list *

WRITE writes text or binary data to an output file.

See PRINT, for more information on syntax and usage. PRINT and WRITE differ in only a few ways:

• WRITE uses write formats by default, whereas PRINT uses print formats.
• PRINT inserts a space between variables unless a format is explicitly specified, but WRITE never inserts space between variables in output.
• PRINT inserts a space at the beginning of each line that it writes to an output file (and PRINT EJECT inserts ‘1’ at the beginning of each line that should begin a new page), but WRITE does not.
• PRINT outputs the system-missing value according to its specified output format, whereas WRITE outputs the system-missing value as a field filled with spaces. Binary formats are an exception.