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Print Data to File Method

The Print Data to File method prints data to an open file. It does not return a value. You can use the following methods in a Print statement:

• Print Spaces method. Inserts a given number of spaces. For more information, see Print Spaces Method.
• Set Print Position method. Moves the print position to a desired column. For more information, see Set Print Position Method.

The Print statement supports only elementary Visual Basic data types. For more information on parsing this statement, see Get Characters From File Method.

Format

Print [#][filenumber,] expressionList [{;|, }]

The following table describes the arguments that you can use with this method.

Usage for the Expression List

You can use one of the following characters to separate each value in the expressionList argument:

• Semicolon (;). The next value must occur immediately after the preceding value without intervening white space.
• Comma (,). The next value must occur at the next print zone. A new print zone begins every 14 spaces.

If you do not specify a semicolon or a comma, then the Print Data to File method creates a CR-LF (carriage return - line feed) pair and the next Print statement prints on the next line.