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# write(?Term)

The term Term is written on output stream according to the current operator declarations.

Term
  Prolog term.

## Description

Used to write the term Term on the current output according to the current operator declarations. Lists and compound terms are only printed up to the nesting depth specified by the (stream-specific or global) print_depth setting (cf. set_stream_property/3, set_flag/2).

write(Term) is equivalent to write_term(Term, [numbervars(true)]).

Note The output of write/1 is not necessarily in a form acceptable to read/1/2.

### Modes and Determinism

- write(?) is det

### Modules

This predicate is sensitive to its module context (tool predicate, see @/2).

## Examples

       Equivalent to write(output, Term).  (see write/2 for details).

## See Also

display / 1, display / 2, get_flag / 2, set_flag / 2, write / 2, writeln / 1, writeq / 1, writeq / 2