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The {{KW|WRITE}} statement writes a [[comma]]-separated list of values to the screen without spacing.
{{PageSyntax}}
:{{KW|WRITE}} [{{Parameter|expression, List}}]
{{PageDescription}}
* {{Parameter|expressionList}} is a comma-separated list of variable or literal values to be written to the screen.
* Write statement separates displayed values using [[comma]] separators(required) that will display on the screen.
* Leading and trailing number spaces are omitted when displaying numerical values.
* [[STRING|String]] [[quotation mark]]s will also be displayed.
* [[Semicolon]]s cannot be used in or following the WRITE statement!
''Example:'' Comparing WRITE to the same PRINT statement.
{{CodeStart}}a% = 123
b$ = "Hello"
c! = 3.1415
{{Cl|PRINT}} a%, b$, c! 'commas display tab spaced data
{{Cl|WRITE}} a%, b$, c! 'displays commas between values, strings retain end quotes
{{CodeEnd}}
{{OutputStart}}
123        Hello      3.1415
123,"Hello",3.1415 '' ''
{{OutputEnd}}
{{PageSeeAlso}}
* [[WRITE (file statement)|WRITE #]]
* [[INPUT (file statement)|INPUT #]]
* [[PRINT]], [[PRINT (file statement)|PRINT #]]
* [[PRINT USING]]
{{PageNavigation}}