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# display(?Term)

Term is displayed on the current output --- without considering operator definitions.

Term
  Prolog term.

## Description

Used to display an expression in standard parenthesised prefix notation, onto the current output. This is mainly useful for debugging, in order to see how a term has been parsed.

display(Term) is equivalent to write_term(Term, [operators(false), dotlists(true)]).

### Modes and Determinism

- display(?) is det

## Examples

       Equivalent to display(output, Term).  (see display/2).

## See Also

display / 2, write / 1, write / 2, writeq / 1, writeq / 2