# Printing zero elements in lines of a sparse matrix

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [February 12, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/printing-zero-elements-in-lines-of-a-sparse-matrix/94530 "2023-02-12T20:13:20Z")\
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See [pretty-printing in Julia](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/types/#man-custom-pretty-printing) — `println` uses `show(io, x)`, but the REPL display uses `show(io, "text/plain", x)`. So do e.g.

```julia
show(stdout, "text/plain", Kuusc[45,:])

```

PS. Please [use quoted text](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/please-read-make-it-easier-to-help-you/14757), _not_ screenshots.

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