Printing Output to a Text File

is simple. You just have to open() the file, write to it and then close() it. This notebook demonstrates this.

Load Packages



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using Dates

include("printmat.jl")   #a function for prettier matrix printing









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printyellow (generic function with 1 method)

open



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fh = open("Results/NewTxtFile.txt", "w")        #open the file, "w" for writing

println("NewTxtFile.txt has been created in the subfolder Results. It's still empty.")









    



NewTxtFile.txt has been created in the subfolder Results. It's still empty.

write



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println(fh,"Dogs are ")          #printing to the file, notice the fh   
println(fh,"nicer than cats.")
println(fh,"\n")

x = reshape(1:20,5,4)
printmat(fh,x,width=10,prec=0)             #to pretty print the matrix

close



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close(fh)                               #close the file

println("NewTxtFile.txt has been closed. Check it out.")









    



NewTxtFile.txt has been closed. Check it out.



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