control structure
using output as destination modifiers? (& destination modifiers?)* local-scope
Argument definitions
You can use using output as
as a prefix to change the current output
scope for the duration of a line or a block of code:
process using output as file "out.txt" submit file "in.txt"
You can direct output to a file
, as above, or to a stream
, a referent
, or a string sink
as in the next three examples:
process local stream foo open foo as buffer using output as foo submit file "in.txt" process using output as referent "foo" submit file "in.txt" process local xslt.stylesheet stylesheet initial { xslt.compile file "stylesheet1.xsl" } using output as xslt.writer with stylesheet into file "input1.out" submit file "input1.xml"
If you use using output as
to output directly to a stream
, that stream
must be
open
:
process local stream out-file open out-file as file "out.txt" using output as out-file submit file "in.txt"
If you use using output as
with a stream
or a string sink
, you can apply the
following modifiers: