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  32 <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>Post<span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></b></span><b>posts text to the post window</b></p>
  33 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  34 <p class="p1"><b>Inherits from: Object</b></p>
  35 <p class="p3"><br></p>
  36 <p class="p1">The class Post is a stream destination.</p>
  37 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  38 <p class="p4"><span class="s2">a = </span>"a string"<span class="s2">;</span></p>
  39 <p class="p5"><span class="s2">b = </span>'a symbol'<span class="s2">;</span></p>
  40 <p class="p6">c = 4;</p>
  41 <p class="p6">d = [1,2,3,4,a,b];</p>
  42 <p class="p3"><br></p>
  43 <p class="p7">// post as string</p>
  44 <p class="p6"><span class="s3">Post</span> &lt;&lt; a &lt;&lt; <span class="s3">Char</span>.nl;</p>
  45 <p class="p7">// post as compile string</p>
  46 <p class="p6"><span class="s3">Post</span> &lt;&lt;&lt; a &lt;&lt; <span class="s3">Char</span>.nl;</p>
  47 <p class="p3"><br></p>
  48 <p class="p7">// post as string</p>
  49 <p class="p6"><span class="s3">Post</span> &lt;&lt; d &lt;&lt; <span class="s3">Char</span>.nl;</p>
  50 <p class="p7">// post as compile string</p>
  51 <p class="p6"><span class="s3">Post</span> &lt;&lt;&lt; d &lt;&lt; <span class="s3">Char</span>.nl;</p>
  52 <p class="p3"><br></p>
  53 <p class="p1">This is the equivalent of :</p>
  54 <p class="p6">d.postln;</p>
  55 <p class="p1">or</p>
  56 <p class="p6">d.asCompileString.postln;</p>
  57 <p class="p3"><br></p>
  58 <p class="p3"><br></p>
  59 <p class="p3"><br></p>
  60 <p class="p1">Its main use is that it can sometimes make code more readable and execution slightly more efficient.</p>
  61 <p class="p3"><br></p>
  62 <p class="p6"><span class="s3">Post</span> &lt;&lt;&lt; a &lt;&lt; <span class="s4">" "</span> &lt;&lt;&lt; b &lt;&lt; <span class="s4">" "</span> &lt;&lt;&lt; c &lt;&lt; <span class="s4">" "</span> &lt;&lt;&lt; d &lt;&lt; <span class="s3">Char</span>.nl;</p>
  63 <p class="p1">vs.</p>
  64 <p class="p6">(a.asCompileString + b.asCompileString + c.asCompileString + d.asCompileString).postln;</p>
  65 <p class="p3"><br></p>
  66 <p class="p1">Warning:</p>
  67 <p class="p1"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span>&lt;&lt; also means object left shift</p>
  68 <p class="p2"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span></p>
  69 <p class="p8"><b>Class Methods</b></p>
  70 <p class="p9"><br></p>
  71 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Post &lt;&lt; item</b></p>
  72 <p class="p11"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b></p>
  73 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></b>Post as string</p>
  74 <p class="p11"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></p>
  75 <p class="p12"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="s5">Post</span> &lt;&lt; "string";</p>
  76 <p class="p9"><br></p>
  77 <p class="p9"><br></p>
  78 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Post &lt;&lt;&lt; item</b></p>
  79 <p class="p11"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b></p>
  80 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></b>Post as compile string</p>
  81 <p class="p11"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></p>
  82 <p class="p12"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="s5">Post</span> &lt;&lt;&lt; "string";</p>
  83 <p class="p9"><br></p>
  84 <p class="p9"><br></p>
  85 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>*comma</b></p>
  86 <p class="p11"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b></p>
  87 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></b>Prints a comma</p>
  88 <p class="p11"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></p>
  89 <p class="p12"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="s5">Post</span>.comma;</p>
  90 <p class="p9"><br></p>
  91 <p class="p9"><br></p>
  92 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>*space</b></p>
  93 <p class="p11"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b></p>
  94 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></b>Prints a space</p>
  95 <p class="p11"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></p>
  96 <p class="p12"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="s5">Post</span>.space;</p>
  97 <p class="p9"><br></p>
  98 <p class="p9"><br></p>
  99 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>*nl</b></p>
 100 <p class="p11"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b></p>
 101 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></b>Prints a newline</p>
 102 <p class="p11"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></p>
 103 <p class="p12"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="s5">Post</span>.nl;</p>
 104 <p class="p9"><br></p>
 105 <p class="p9"><br></p>
 106 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>*ff</b></p>
 107 <p class="p11"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b></p>
 108 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></b>Prints the char <span class="s6">$\f</span></p>
 109 <p class="p11"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></p>
 110 <p class="p12"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="s5">Post</span>.ff;</p>
 111 <p class="p9"><br></p>
 112 <p class="p9"><br></p>
 113 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>*tab</b></p>
 114 <p class="p11"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b></p>
 115 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></b>Prints a tab</p>
 116 <p class="p11"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></p>
 117 <p class="p12"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="s5">Post</span>.tab;</p>
 118 <p class="p9"><br></p>
 119 <p class="p9"><br></p>
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