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TextPacket[string]

is a WSTP packet containing string, the text output from the Wolfram System as produced by functions such as Print.

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TextPacket

TextPacket[string]

is a WSTP packet containing string, the text output from the Wolfram System as produced by functions such as Print.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Launch a subsidiary Wolfram Language kernel process:

Wolfram Language code: link = LinkLaunch[First[$CommandLine] <> " -wstp"]

Read the first packet:

Wolfram Language code: LinkRead[link]

Write a packet representing the text to enter:

Wolfram Language code: LinkWrite[link, EnterTextPacket["Print[2]"]]

The result from the evaluation is a TextPacket:

Wolfram Language code: LinkRead[link]

Close the link:

Wolfram Language code: LinkClose[link]
Wolfram Research (1996), TextPacket, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextPacket.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), TextPacket, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextPacket.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "TextPacket." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextPacket.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). TextPacket. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextPacket.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_textpacket, author="Wolfram Research", title="{TextPacket}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextPacket.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_textpacket, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={TextPacket}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextPacket.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}