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Ports</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">13.1.9&nbsp;</td><td><a href="customport.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Custom Ports</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">13.1.10&nbsp;</td><td><a href="port-lib.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">More Port Constructors, Procedures, and Events</a></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div class="tocsub"><div class="tocsubtitle">On this page:</div><table class="tocsublist" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="portstructs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._prop~3ainput-port%29%29" class="tocsublink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym"><span class="RktValLink">prop:<span class="mywbr"> &nbsp;</span>input-<wbr></wbr>port</span></span></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="portstructs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._prop~3aoutput-port%29%29" class="tocsublink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym"><span class="RktValLink">prop:<span class="mywbr"> &nbsp;</span>output-<wbr></wbr>port</span></span></a></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="maincolumn"><div class="main"><div class="navsettop"><span class="navleft"><form class="searchform"><input class="searchbox" id="searchbox" type="text" tabindex="1" placeholder="...search manuals..." title="Enter a search string to search the manuals" onkeypress="return DoSearchKey(event, this, &quot;8.6&quot;, &quot;../&quot;);"/></form>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.racket-lang.org/index.html" title="up to the documentation top" data-pltdoc="x" onclick="return GotoPLTRoot(&quot;8.6&quot;);">top</a><span class="tocsettoggle">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="javascript:void(0);" title="show/hide table of contents" onclick="TocsetToggle();">contents</a></span></span><span class="navright">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="pipeports.html" title="backward to &quot;13.1.7 Pipes&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">&larr; prev</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ports.html" title="up to &quot;13.1 Ports&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">up</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="customport.html" title="forward to &quot;13.1.9 Custom Ports&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">next &rarr;</a></span>&nbsp;</div><h5 x-source-module="(lib &quot;scribblings/reference/reference.scrbl&quot;)" x-source-pkg="racket-doc" x-part-tag="&quot;portstructs&quot;">13.1.8<tt>&nbsp;</tt><a name="(part._portstructs)"></a>Structures as Ports</h5><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>value</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><a name="(def._((quote._~23~25kernel)._prop~3ainput-port))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/base, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="portstructs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._prop~3ainput-port%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">prop:input-port</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="structprops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._struct-type-property~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">struct-type-property?</a></span></p></blockquote></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><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>value</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><a name="(def._((quote._~23~25kernel)._prop~3aoutput-port))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/base, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="portstructs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._prop~3aoutput-port%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">prop:output-port</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="structprops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._struct-type-property~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">struct-type-property?</a></span></p></blockquote></td></tr></table></blockquote></div></p><p>The <span class="RktSym"><a href="portstructs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._prop~3ainput-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">prop:input-port</a></span> and <span class="RktSym"><a href="portstructs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._prop~3aoutput-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">prop:output-port</a></span> structure type
properties identify structure types whose instances can serve as input
and output ports, respectively.</p><p>Each property value can be either of the following:</p><ul><li><p>An input port (for <span class="RktSym"><a href="portstructs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._prop~3ainput-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">prop:input-port</a></span>) or output port
(for <span class="RktSym"><a href="portstructs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._prop~3aoutput-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">prop:output-port</a></span>): In this case, using the structure
as port is equivalent to using the given input or output port.</p></li><li><p>An exact, non-negative integer between <span class="RktVal">0</span> (inclusive) and
the number of non-automatic fields in the structure type (exclusive, not
counting supertype fields): The integer identifies a field in
the structure, and the field must be designated as immutable. If the
field contains an input port (for <span class="RktSym"><a href="portstructs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._prop~3ainput-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">prop:input-port</a></span>) or
output port (for <span class="RktSym"><a href="portstructs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._prop~3aoutput-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">prop:output-port</a></span>), the port is used.
Otherwise, an empty string input port is used for <span class="RktSym"><a href="portstructs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._prop~3ainput-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">prop:input-port</a></span>,
and a port that discards all data is used for <span class="RktSym"><a href="portstructs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._prop~3aoutput-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">prop:output-port</a></span>.</p></li></ul><p>Some procedures, such as <span class="RktSym"><a href="port-buffers.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._file-position%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">file-position</a></span>, work on both input
and output ports. When given an instance of a structure type with both
the <span class="RktSym"><a href="portstructs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._prop~3ainput-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">prop:input-port</a></span> and <span class="RktSym"><a href="portstructs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._prop~3aoutput-port%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">prop:output-port</a></span> properties,
the instance is used as an input port.</p><div class="navsetbottom"><span class="navleft"><form class="searchform"><input class="searchbox" id="searchbox" type="text" tabindex="1" placeholder="...search manuals..." title="Enter a search string to search the manuals" onkeypress="return DoSearchKey(event, this, &quot;8.6&quot;, &quot;../&quot;);"/></form>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.racket-lang.org/index.html" title="up to the documentation top" data-pltdoc="x" onclick="return GotoPLTRoot(&quot;8.6&quot;);">top</a><span class="tocsettoggle">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="javascript:void(0);" title="show/hide table of contents" onclick="TocsetToggle();">contents</a></span></span><span class="navright">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="pipeports.html" title="backward to &quot;13.1.7 Pipes&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">&larr; prev</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ports.html" title="up to &quot;13.1 Ports&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">up</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="customport.html" title="forward to &quot;13.1.9 Custom Ports&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">next &rarr;</a></span>&nbsp;</div></div></div><div id="contextindicator">&nbsp;</div></body></html>