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====TYPE ====
The {{code|TYPE}} command (abbreviation T) provides for output of one or more items separated by commas.{{sfn|Manual|1968|p=3.1}} Equivalent to BASIC's {{code|PRINT}}.

Items can be variables, literal strings surrounded by double-quotes, or a variety of control characters. The control characters include the {{code|!}} to output a carriage return and line feed, {{code|#}} for the carriage return alone, and {{code|:}} for a tab character. Control characters can be strung together, for example, {{code|!!!}} will output three CR/LFs without the need to separate them with commas.{{sfn|Manual|1968|p=3.2}}

 TYPE [NUMBERS, E1, "TEXT", !, #, :, $ OR %] ...OUTPUT
 01.10 TYPE "HI THERE, GOOD LOOKING.  HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU WANT TO BORROW?",!
 01.50 TYPE "INTEREST",INTEREST,!
 01.80 TYPE "THE INTEREST FOR",TERM," YEARS",!,"IS",INTEREST, " DOLLARS.",!!
 01.90 TYPE "NEW YORK",!,"WASHINGTON",!,"ATLANTA",!,"DALLAS",!
 02.10 TYPE "X",X,"   ","X^2",X^2,"   ","SQRT",FSQT(X)
 03.20 TYPE ".",#
 02.20 TYPE !!!!!

{{code|TYPE}} also included an optional format specifier indicated using the format {{code|%x.yz}}, where x is the number of digits to the left of the decimal, and yz is the number of digits to the right of the period. The default format was {{code|%8.4}}, meaning a maximum of eight digits and four to the right of the period.{{sfn|Manual|1968|p=2.2}} So, for example:

 SET A=67823
 TYPE %6.01,A
 =  67823.0
 TYPE %5,A
 = 67823
 TYPE %8.03,A
 =   67823.000
 TYPE %,A
 = 6.7823E4

Note the extra leading spaces in some examples, padding out the full defined width. Using % alone caused the output to be printed in "floating point format" using the E.{{sfn|Manual|1968|p=2.3}}

A special control character was {{code|$}} which caused a table of all defined variables and their values to be printed. Only the first two letters of the name will be printed, padded with a zero if need be. Arrays elements are printed on separate lines and variables with only one element will be indexed (00). For example:{{sfn|Manual|1968|p=2.5}}

 TYPE $
 A0(00)=67823