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<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=0.8"/><title>13.3&nbsp;Byte and String Output</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../scribble.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="extras.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../racket.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../manual-style.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../manual-racket.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../manual-racket.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../doc-site.css" title="default"/><script type="text/javascript" src="../scribble-common.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../manual-racket.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../manual-racket.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../doc-site.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../local-redirect/local-redirect.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../local-redirect/local-user-redirect.js"></script><!--[if IE 6]><style type="text/css">.SIEHidden { overflow: hidden; }</style><![endif]--></head><body id="doc-racket-lang-org"><div class="tocset"><div class="tocview"><div class="tocviewlist tocviewlisttopspace"><div class="tocviewtitle"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="width: 1em;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" title="Expand/Collapse" class="tocviewtoggle" onclick="TocviewToggle(this,&quot;tocview_0&quot;);">&#9658;</a></td><td></td><td><a href="index.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">The Racket Reference</a></td></tr></table></div><div class="tocviewsublisttop" style="display: none;" id="tocview_0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right">1&nbsp;</td><td><a href="model.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Language Model</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">2&nbsp;</td><td><a href="notation.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Notation for Documentation</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">3&nbsp;</td><td><a href="syntax.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Syntactic Forms</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">4&nbsp;</td><td><a href="data.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Datatypes</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">5&nbsp;</td><td><a href="structures.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Structures</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">6&nbsp;</td><td><a href="mzlib_class.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Classes and Objects</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">7&nbsp;</td><td><a href="mzlib_unit.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Units</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">8&nbsp;</td><td><a href="contracts.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Contracts</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">9&nbsp;</td><td><a href="match.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Pattern Matching</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">10&nbsp;</td><td><a href="control.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Control Flow</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">11&nbsp;</td><td><a href="concurrency.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Concurrency and Parallelism</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">12&nbsp;</td><td><a href="Macros.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Macros</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">13&nbsp;</td><td><a href="input-and-output.html" class="tocviewselflink" data-pltdoc="x">Input and Output</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">14&nbsp;</td><td><a href="security.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Reflection and Security</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">15&nbsp;</td><td><a href="os.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Operating System</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">16&nbsp;</td><td><a href="memory.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Memory Management</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">17&nbsp;</td><td><a href="unsafe.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Unsafe Operations</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">18&nbsp;</td><td><a href="running.html" c
that are the UTF-8 encoding of <span class="RktVar">char</span> are written to
<span class="RktVar">out</span>.</div></p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>procedure</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(def._((quote._~23~25kernel)._write-byte))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/base, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-byte%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-byte</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">byte</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktOpt">[</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="RktOpt">]</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>&rarr;<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="void.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._void~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">void?</a></span></p></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">byte</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="bytestrings.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._byte~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">byte?</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._output-port~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">output-port?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._current-output-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">current-output-port</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="SIntrapara">Writes a single byte to <span class="RktVar">out</span>.</div></p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>procedure</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(def._((quote._~23~25kernel)._newline))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/base, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._newline%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">newline</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktOpt">[</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="RktOpt">]</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>&rarr;<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="void.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._void~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">void?</a></span></p></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._output-port~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">output-port?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._current-output-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">current-output-port</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="SIntrapara">The same as <span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-char%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-char</a></span><span class="stt"> </span><span class="Rkt
index <span class="RktVar">start-pos</span> (inclusive) up to <span class="RktVar">end-pos</span>
(exclusive). Like <span class="RktSym"><a href="strings.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._substring%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">substring</a></span>, the <span class="RktSym"><a href="exns.html#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Fprivate%2Fbase..rkt%29._exn~3afail~3acontract%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">exn:fail:contract</a></span> exception is raised
if <span class="RktVar">start-pos</span> or <span class="RktVar">end-pos</span> is out-of-range for
<span class="RktVar">str</span>.</div></p><p>The result is the number of characters written to <span class="RktVar">out</span>, which
is always <span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="generic-numbers.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._-%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="nobreak">-</span></a></span><span class="stt"> </span><span class="RktVar">end-pos</span><span class="stt"> </span><span class="RktVar">start-pos</span><span class="RktPn">)</span>.</p><p>If <span class="RktVar">str</span> is mutable, mutations after <span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-string%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-string</a></span>
returns do not affect the characters written to <span class="RktVar">out</span>. (This
independence from mutation is not a special property of
<span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-string%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-string</a></span>, but instead generally true of output
functions.)</p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>procedure</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(def._((quote._~23~25kernel)._write-bytes))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/base, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-bytes%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-bytes</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">bstr</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktOpt">[</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">start-pos</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">end-pos</span><span class="RktOpt">]</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></p></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>&rarr;<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="number-types.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._exact-nonnegative-integer~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">exact-nonnegative-integer?</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">bstr</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="bytestrings.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._bytes~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">bytes?</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._output-port~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">output-port?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._current-output-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">current-output-port</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">start-pos</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="number-types.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._exact-nonnegative-integer~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">exact-nonnegative-integer?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">0</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">end-pos</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="number-types.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._exact-nonnegative-integer~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">exact-nonnegative-integer?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="bytestrings.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._bytes-length%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">bytes-length</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">bstr</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="SIntrapara">Like <span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-string%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-string</a></span>, but writes bytes instead of characters.</div></p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>procedure</p></div></div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="prototype RForeground"><tr><td valign="top"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(def._((quote._~23~25kerne
as many bytes as it can immediately flush. It blocks only if no bytes
can be flushed immediately. The result is the number of bytes written
and flushed to <span class="RktVar">out</span>; if <span class="RktVar">start-pos</span> is the same as
<span class="RktVar">end-pos</span>, then the result can be <span class="RktVal">0</span> (indicating a
successful flush of any buffered data), otherwise the result is between
<span class="RktVal">1</span> and <span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="generic-numbers.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._-%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="nobreak">-</span></a></span><span class="stt"> </span><span class="RktVar">end-pos</span><span class="stt"> </span><span class="RktVar">start-pos</span><span class="RktPn">)</span>, inclusive.</div></p><p>The <span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-bytes-avail%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-bytes-avail</a></span> procedure never drops bytes; if
<span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-bytes-avail%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-bytes-avail</a></span> successfully writes some bytes and then
encounters an error, it suppresses the error and returns the number of
written bytes. (The error will be triggered by future writes.) If an
error is encountered before any bytes have been written, an exception
is raised.</p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>procedure</p></div></div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="prototype RForeground"><tr><td valign="top"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(def._((quote._~23~25kernel)._write-bytes-avail*))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/base, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-bytes-avail%2A%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-bytes-avail*</a></span></span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="RktVar">bstr</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktOpt">[</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="RktVar">out</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="RktVar">start-pos</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="RktVar">end-pos</span><span class="RktOpt">]</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td></tr></table></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>&rarr;<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="data-structure-contracts.html#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Fcontract%2Fbase..rkt%29._or%2Fc%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">or/c</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="number-types.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._exact-nonnegative-integer~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">exact-nonnegative-integer?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">#f</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">bstr</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="bytestrings.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._bytes~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">bytes?</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._output-port~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">output-port?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._current-output-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">current-output-port</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">start-pos</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="number-types.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._exact-nonnegative-integer~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">exact-nonnegative-integer?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">0</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">end-pos</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="number-types.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._exact-nonnegative-integer~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">exact-nonnegative-integer?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;
if the port contains buffered data that cannot be written immediately,
and returns <span class="RktVal">0</span> if the port&rsquo;s internal buffer (if any) is
flushed but no additional bytes can be written immediately.</div></p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>procedure</p></div></div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="prototype RForeground"><tr><td valign="top"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(def._((quote._~23~25kernel)._write-bytes-avail/enable-break))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/base, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-bytes-avail%2Fenable-break%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-bytes-avail/enable-break</a></span></span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="RktVar">bstr</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktOpt">[</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="RktVar">out</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="RktVar">start-pos</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="RktVar">end-pos</span><span class="RktOpt">]</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td></tr></table></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>&rarr;<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="number-types.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._exact-nonnegative-integer~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">exact-nonnegative-integer?</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">bstr</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="bytestrings.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._bytes~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">bytes?</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._output-port~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">output-port?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._current-output-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">current-output-port</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">start-pos</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="number-types.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._exact-nonnegative-integer~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">exact-nonnegative-integer?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">0</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">end-pos</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="number-types.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._exact-nonnegative-integer~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">exact-nonnegative-integer?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="bytestrings.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._bytes-length%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">bytes-length</a></span><span c
the write. The procedure provides a guarantee about the interaction of
writing and breaks: if breaking is disabled when
<span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-bytes-avail%2Fenable-break%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-bytes-avail/enable-break</a></span> is called, and if the
<span class="RktSym"><a href="exns.html#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Fprivate%2Fbase..rkt%29._exn~3abreak%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">exn:break</a></span> exception is raised as a result of the call, then
no bytes will have been written to <span class="RktVar">out</span>. See also
<a href="breakhandler.html" data-pltdoc="x">Breaks</a>.</div></p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>procedure</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(def._((quote._~23~25kernel)._write-special))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/base, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-special%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-special</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">v</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktOpt">[</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="RktOpt">]</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>&rarr;<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="booleans.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._boolean~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">boolean?</a></span></p></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">v</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="data-structure-contracts.html#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Fcontract%2Fprivate%2Fmisc..rkt%29._any%2Fc%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">any/c</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._output-port~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">output-port?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._current-output-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">current-output-port</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="SIntrapara">Writes <span class="RktVar">v</span> directly to <span class="RktVar">out</span> if the port supports
special writes, or raises <span class="RktSym"><a href="exns.html#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Fprivate%2Fbase..rkt%29._exn~3afail~3acontract%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">exn:fail:contract</a></span> if the port does
not support special write. The result is always <span class="RktVal">#t</span>,
indicating that the write succeeded.</div></p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>procedure</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(def._((quote._~23~25kernel)._write-special-avail*))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/base, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-special-avail%2A%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-special-avail*</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">v</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktOpt">[</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="RktOpt">]</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>&rarr;<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="booleans.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._boolean~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">boolean?</a></span></p></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">v</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="data-structure-contracts.html#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Fcontract%2Fprivate%2Fmisc..rkt%29._any%2Fc%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">any/c</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._output-port~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">output-port?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._current-output-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">current-output-port</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="SIntrapara">Like <span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-special%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-special</a></span>, but without blocking. If <span class="RktVar">v</span>
cannot be written immediately, the result is <span class="RktVal">#f</span> without
writing <span class="RktVar">v</span>, otherwise the result is <span class="RktVal">#t</span> and <span class="RktVar">v</span>
is written.</div></p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>procedure</p></div></div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="prototype RForeground"><tr><td valign="top"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(def._((quote._~23~25kernel)._write-bytes-avail-evt))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/base, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-bytes-avail-evt%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-bytes-avail-evt</a></span></span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="RktVar">bstr</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktOpt">[</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="RktVar">out</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="RktVar">start-pos</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="RktVar">end-pos</span><span class="RktOpt">]</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top">&rarr;</td><td valign="top"><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span></td><td valign="top"><span class="RktSym"><a href="sync.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._evt~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">evt?</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">bstr</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="bytestrings.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._bytes~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">bytes?</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._output-port~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">output-port?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._current-output-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">current-output-port</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">start-pos</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="number-types.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._exact-nonnegative-integer~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">exact-nonnegative-integer?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">0</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">end-pos</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="number-types.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23
immediately, it returns a synchronizable event (see
<a href="sync.html" data-pltdoc="x">Events</a>). The <span class="RktVar">out</span> must support atomic writes, as
indicated by <span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._port-writes-atomic~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">port-writes-atomic?</a></span>.</div></p><p>Synchronizing on the object starts a write from <span class="RktVar">bstr</span>, and the
event becomes ready when bytes are written (unbuffered) to the
port. If <span class="RktVar">start-pos</span> and <span class="RktVar">end-pos</span> are the same, then
the synchronization result is <span class="RktVal">0</span> when the port&rsquo;s internal
buffer (if any) is flushed, otherwise the result is a positive exact
integer. If the event is not selected in a synchronization, then no
bytes will have been written to <span class="RktVar">out</span>.</p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>procedure</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(def._((quote._~23~25kernel)._write-special-evt))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/base, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-special-evt%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-special-evt</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">v</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktOpt">[</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="RktOpt">]</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>&rarr;<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="sync.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._evt~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">evt?</a></span></p></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">v</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="data-structure-contracts.html#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Fcontract%2Fprivate%2Fmisc..rkt%29._any%2Fc%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">any/c</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._output-port~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">output-port?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._current-output-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">current-output-port</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="SIntrapara">Similar to <span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-special%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-special</a></span>, but instead of writing the special
value immediately, it returns a synchronizable event (see
<a href="sync.html" data-pltdoc="x">Events</a>). The <span class="RktVar">out</span> must support atomic writes, as
indicated by <span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._port-writes-atomic~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">port-writes-atomic?</a></span>.</div></p><p>Synchronizing on the object starts a write of the special value, and
the event becomes ready when the value is written (unbuffered) to the
port. If the event is not selected in a synchronization, then no value
will have been written to <span class="RktVar">out</span>.</p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>procedure</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(def._((quote._~23~25kernel)._port-writes-atomic~3f))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/base, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._port-writes-atomic~3f%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">port-writes-atomic?</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>&rarr;<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="booleans.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._boolean~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">boolean?</a></span></p></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._output-port~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">output-port?</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="SIntrapara">Returns <span class="RktVal">#t</span> if <span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-bytes-avail%2Fenable-break%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-bytes-avail/enable-break</a></span> can
provide an exclusive-or guarantee (break or write, but not both) for
<span class="RktVar">out</span>, and if the port can be used with procedures like
<span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-bytes-avail-evt%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-bytes-avail-evt</a></span>. Racket&rsquo;s file-stream ports, pipes,
string ports, and TCP ports all support atomic writes; ports created
with <span class="RktSym"><a href="customport.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._make-output-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">make-output-port</a></span> (see <a href="customport.html" data-pltdoc="x">Custom Ports</a>) may
support atomic writes.</div></p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>procedure</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(def._((quote._~23~25kernel)._port-writes-special~3f))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/base, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._port-writes-special~3f%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">port-writes-special?</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>&rarr;<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="booleans.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._boolean~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">boolean?</a></span></p></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._output-port~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">output-port?</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="SIntrapara">Returns <span class="RktVal">#t</span> if procedures like <span class="RktSym"><a href="Byte_and_String_Output.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._write-special%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">write-special</a></span> can
write arbitrary values to the port. Racket&rsquo;s file-stream ports,
pipes, string ports, and TCP ports all reject special values, but
ports created with <span class="RktSym"><a href="customport.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._make-output-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">make-output-port</a></span> (see
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