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writer:procedure

Constructs a writer procedure that writes out records according to the given output specification. The writer procedure is of the form LAMBDA RECORDS -> UNIT. Each record is represented as a list.

  • Argument OUTPUT is a string file name or a port.
  • Argument DELIMITER specifies the delimiter character (default is #\,). If its value is #f, then COLUMNN-WIDTHS must be specified.
  • Argument ENDLINE specifies the end-of-line string (default is "\n").
  • Argument COLUMN-WIDTHS specifies column widths which will be used if DELIMITER is not specified (default: none).