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21.2.19 terpri, fresh-line Function

Syntax:
terpri &optional output-stream    nil

fresh-line &optional output-stream    generalized-boolean

Arguments and Values:
output-stream -- an output stream designator. The default is standard output.

generalized-boolean - a generalized boolean.

Description:
terpri outputs a newline to output-stream.

fresh-line is similar to terpri but outputs a newline only if the output-stream is not already at the start of a line. If for some reason this cannot be determined, then a newline is output anyway. fresh-line returns true if it outputs a newline; otherwise it returns false.

Examples:
 (with-output-to-string (s)
    (write-string "some text" s)
    (terpri s)
    (terpri s)
    (write-string "more text" s))
 "some text

more text"
 (with-output-to-string (s)
    (write-string "some text" s)
    (fresh-line s)
    (fresh-line s)
    (write-string "more text" s))
 "some text
more text"

Side Effects:
The output-stream is modified.

Affected By:
*standard-output*, *terminal-io*.

Exceptional Situations:
None.

Notes:
terpri is identical in effect to

 (write-char #\Newline output-stream)

Allegro CL Implementation Details:
None.

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