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TotalWidth

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.

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TotalWidth

TotalWidth

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)

Set the TotalWidth to be 60 characters for a stream:

Set the TotalWidth to be 30 characters for a stream:

Compare the two resulting files:

Delete the temporary files:

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.

CMS

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

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: 01-June-2026]}

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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: 01-June-2026]}