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#### 1.3.4 Printing Notation

Many of the examples in this manual print text when they are evaluated. If you execute example code in a Lisp Interaction buffer (such as the buffer `*scratch*`), the printed text is inserted into the buffer. If you execute the example by other means (such as by evaluating the function `eval-region`), the printed text is displayed in the echo area.

Examples in this manual indicate printed text with ‘`âŠ£`’, irrespective of where that text goes. The value returned by evaluating the form follows on a separate line with ‘`⇒`’.

    (progn (prin1 'foo) (princ "\n") (prin1 'bar))
         âŠ£ foo
         âŠ£ bar
         ⇒ bar