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<A NAME="stream-external-format"><I>Function</I> <B>STREAM-EXTERNAL-FORMAT</B></A> <P>
<P><B>Syntax:</B><P>
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<B>stream-external-format</B> <I>stream</I> =&gt; <I>format</I><P>
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<P><B>Arguments and Values:</B><P>
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<I>stream</I>---a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_f.htm#file_stream"><I>file stream</I></A>. <P>
<I>format</I>---an <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_e.htm#external_file_format"><I>external file format</I></A>. <P>
<P><B>Description:</B><P>
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Returns an <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_e.htm#external_file_format_designator"><I>external file format designator</I></A> for the <I>stream</I>. <P>
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(with-open-file (stream &quot;test&quot; :direction :output)
(stream-external-format stream))
=&gt; :DEFAULT
OR=&gt; :ISO8859/1-1987
OR=&gt; (:ASCII :SAIL)
OR=&gt; ACME::PROPRIETARY-FILE-FORMAT-17
OR=&gt; #&lt;FILE-FORMAT :ISO646-1983 2343673&gt;
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<P><B>Affected By:</B> None.
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<P><B>Exceptional Situations:</B> None.
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the <TT>:external-format</TT> <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_a.htm#argument"><I>argument</I></A> to the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_f.htm#function"><I>function</I></A> <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="f_open.htm#open"><B>open</B></A> and the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="m_w_open.htm#with-open-file"><B>with-open-file</B></A> <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_m.htm#macro"><I>macro</I></A>. <P>
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The <I>format</I> returned is not necessarily meaningful to other <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_i.htm#implementation"><I>implementations</I></A>. <P>
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