Writes a term to a string.

write_atom(+Term, ?Atom)

write_atom/2 writes a single atom (Term) to a string, converts the string to an atom and unifies it with Atom.
write_atom/2 does not quote atoms or functor names.

Arguments

Term                 term
Atom                   atom

Examples

write_atom(hello('World'), T).
->
T = 'hello(World)'

Standard

This predicate is not part of the ISO-Prolog Standard.

See also

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