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The WRITE statement writes a [comma](comma)-separated list of values to the screen without spacing.
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## Syntax
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> WRITE [expression, List]
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## Description
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* expressionList is a comma-separated list of variable or literal values to be written to the screen.
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* Write statement separates displayed values using [comma](comma) separators(required) that will display on the screen.
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* Leading and trailing number spaces are omitted when displaying numerical values.
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* [STRING](STRING) [quotation mark](quotation-mark)s will also be displayed.
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* [Semicolon](Semicolon)s cannot be used in or following the WRITE statement!
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## Example(s)
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Comparing WRITE to the same PRINT statement.
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```vb
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a% = 123
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b$ = "Hello"
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c! = 3.1415
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PRINT a%, b$, c! 'commas display tab spaced data
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WRITE a%, b$, c! 'displays commas between values, strings retain end quotes
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```
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```text
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123 <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> Hello <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> 3.1415
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123,"Hello",3.1415
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```
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## See Also
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* [WRITE (file statement)](WRITE-(file-statement))
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* [INPUT (file statement)](INPUT-(file-statement))
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* [PRINT](PRINT), [PRINT (file statement)](PRINT-(file-statement))
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* [PRINT USING](PRINT-USING)
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