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user3036156

Reputation: 181

How to print a string in pure OCaml

Can we print a string in Ocaml without using print_string that it imperative function (I don't know if we can say that). I want a function defined in pure Ocaml. Thanks for your help.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 804

Answers (1)

Pascal Cuoq
Pascal Cuoq

Reputation: 80255

Pure OCaml does not have side-effects. Printing is a side-effect. If you want your program to be pure, build a string. Both Printf.sprintf and ^ can help.

If the total amount of text you intend to build in a purely functional fashion is large, use a data structure that scales to larger contents, such as the rope.

Upvotes: 4

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