# Difference between \`write\` and \`print\`

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/difference-between-write-and-print/6943>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [November 7, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/difference-between-write-and-print/6943 "2017-11-07T20:17:16Z")\
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`print` outputs a text representation of an object, whereas `write` outputs raw bytes. Try `x=7310302560386184563` and look at `println(x)` versus `write(stdout, x); println()` to see the difference.

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