SKIP

Skips a given number of lines in a report.

Syntax

SKIP { num-lines LINE[S] | TO TOP OF PAGE }

num-lines is the number of lines.

Usage

The SKIP statement allows you to insert blank lines into report output or to skip to the top of the next page as if you had included an equivalent number of PRINT statements without specifying any expression list.

The LINE and LINES keywords are synonyms in the SKIP statement.

Output from any PAGE HEADER or PAGE TRAILER control block appears in its usual location.

The SKIP n LINES statement cannot appear within a CASE statement, a FOR loop, or a WHILE loop.

The SKIP TO TOP OF PAGE statement cannot appear in a FIRST PAGE HEADER , PAGE HEADER or PAGE TRAILER control block.

Example

  FIRST PAGE HEADER
    PRINT "Customer List"
    SKIP 2 LINES
    PRINT "Number        Name               Location"
    SKIP 1 LINE
  PAGE HEADER
    PRINT "Number        Name               Location"
    SKIP 1 LINE
  ON EVERY ROW
    PRINT r.customer_num, r.fname, r.city