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TEXT:00,Because puts() displays data as text characters instead of actual values,
TEXT:16,cursor control codes such as line feed (10), carriage return (13), and
TEXT:16,tab control (9) can be utilized. You can have text strings separated by
TEXT:16,lines or formatted in different tab columns. This makes puts() useful in
TEXT:16,print control as a result.
TEXT:32,Two notes about puts(). First of all, this library routine can only print
TEXT:16,one-dimensional sequences (those composed of atoms as elements). This
TEXT:16,makes sense, as text character strings are really a representation of
TEXT:16,one dimensional sequences. Also, any attempt to print an atom value
TEXT:16,larger than 255 will result in an incorrect character value being
TEXT:16,displayed. Again, this makes sense because the ASCII code set goes from
TEXT:16,0 to 255.
TEXT:32,Some demo programs are available from this screen to show how puts()
TEXT:16,works.
