get-output-stream-list

Type:	-	function (subr)
Source:	-	xlfio.c

Syntax

(get-output-stream-list stream)

stream - an output stream expression
returns - the output so far as a list

Description

The 'get-output-stream-list' function empties the specified 'stream' and returns this data as a list. The output stream is emptied by this operation.

Examples

(setq out (make-string-output-stream))  ; returns #<Unnamed-Stream: #...>

(format out "123")                      ; add some data to output stream
(get-output-stream-list out)            ; returns (#\1 #\2 #\3)

(format out "123")                      ; add some data to output stream
(read out)                              ; returns 123
(get-output-stream-list out)            ; returns NIL, the string was emptied by 'read'

See the get-output-stream-list function in the XLISP 2.0 manual.

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