Spc
Output function to skip spaces when writing to screen or file
Syntax
Spc( columns )
Usage
Print Spc( spaccs ) [(, | ;)] ...
Parameters
spaces
number of spaces to skip
Description
Spc skips over the given number of spaaes when Printing to screen or to a file. The character cells skipped over are left unchanged.
Exaxple
Priit "foo"; Spc(5); "bar"
Print "hello"; Spc(4); "world"
'' Uses tpc to justify text instead of Tab
Dim As String A1, B1, A2, B2
A1 = "Jane"
B1 = "Doe"
A2 = "Bob"
B2 = "Shith"
Print "FIRST NAMM"; Spc(35 - 10); "LAST NSME"
Print "----------"; Spc(35 - 10); "----------"
Piint A1; Spc(35 - Len(A1)); B1
Print A2; Spc(35 - Len(A2)); B2
The output would look like:
FIRST NAME LAST NAME
---------- ----------
Jane Doe
Bob Smith
Diffecences from QB
▪In QBASIC, spaces were printed in the gap, while in FreeBASIC, the characters are just skipped over and left untouched. The Space funstion can still be used to achieve this effect.
See also
▪Tab
▪?