Re: print vs. echo

From: Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 14:43:21 +0000
Subject: Re: print vs. echo
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* Radek Vybiral (Radek.Vybiral@vsb.cz) [000817 04:01]: > User contributed notes in manual: > > The print() function returns a boolean indicating the status of the call. > If the write was successful, print() returns 1. If not, it > returns 0. This can be used to detect when the client has closed the > connection, and appropriate measures taken. The builtin echo does not > provide this same service. echo provides a nice multi-line feature, too: echo "foo foo", " more foo more foo..."; (Don't use parentheses for echo for multi-line: echo ("foo foo", .... is bad) I could have sworn an earlier version of the docs said print was an alias for echo, though. Ciao! -- Digital circuits are made from analog parts. -- Don Vonada The Doctor What: A Holtje Production http://docwhat.gerf.org/ docwhat@gerf.org KF6VNC

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