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TotalWidth
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TotalWidth

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is an option that can be set for output streams to specify the maximum total number of characters of text that should be printed for each output expression. Short forms of expressions are given if the number of characters needed to print the whole expression is too large.

Details

  • TotalWidth bounds the actual numbers of characters generated. Line breaks are not counted.
  • TotalWidth->Infinity allows expressions of any length to be printed.
  • SetOptions[stream,TotalWidth->n] resets the total width allowed for an open stream.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)Summary of the most common use cases

Set the TotalWidth to be 60 characters for a stream:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0rsy5hj1e-c81xvg
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0rsy5hj1e-lrm980

Set the TotalWidth to be 30 characters for a stream:

In[3]:=3
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0rsy5hj1e-6xnst
In[4]:=4
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0rsy5hj1e-doiwge

Compare the two resulting files:

In[5]:=5
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0rsy5hj1e-fdqe2a
In[6]:=6
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0rsy5hj1e-bjjoej

Delete the temporary files:

In[7]:=7
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0rsy5hj1e-ekfuwo
Wolfram Research (1988), TotalWidth, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TotalWidth.html.
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Wolfram Research (1988), TotalWidth, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TotalWidth.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1988), TotalWidth, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TotalWidth.html.

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Wolfram Research (1988), TotalWidth, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TotalWidth.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1988. "TotalWidth." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TotalWidth.html.

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Wolfram Language. 1988. "TotalWidth." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TotalWidth.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1988). TotalWidth. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TotalWidth.html

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Wolfram Language. (1988). TotalWidth. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TotalWidth.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_totalwidth, author="Wolfram Research", title="{TotalWidth}", year="1988", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TotalWidth.html}", note=[Accessed: 20-June-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_totalwidth, author="Wolfram Research", title="{TotalWidth}", year="1988", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TotalWidth.html}", note=[Accessed: 20-June-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_totalwidth, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={TotalWidth}, year={1988}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TotalWidth.html}, note=[Accessed: 20-June-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_totalwidth, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={TotalWidth}, year={1988}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TotalWidth.html}, note=[Accessed: 20-June-2025 ]}