## Copyright (C) 2000 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} fdisp (@var{fid}, @var{x})
## Display the value of @var{x} on file id @var{fid}.  For example,
##
## @example
## fdisp (stdout, "The value of pi is:"), fdisp (stdout, pi)
##
##      @print{} the value of pi is:
##      @print{} 3.1416
## @end example
##
## @noindent
## Note that the output from @code{fdisp} always ends with a newline.
## @end deftypefn
## @seealso{disp}

## Author: jwe

function fdisp (fid, x)

  if (nargin == 2)
    fid << x << "\n";
  else
    usage ("fdisp (fid, x)");
  endif

endfunction