SPACES

Generates the given number of blank characters.

Syntax

num-spaces SPACES
  1. num-spaces is the number of spaces.

Usage

This operator returns a string of blanks, equivalent to a quoted string containing the specified number of blank spaces.

In a PRINT statement, these blanks are inserted at the current character position.

Its operand must be an integer expression that returns a positive number, specifying an offset (from the current character position) no greater than the difference (right margin - current position). After PRINT SPACES has executed, the new current character position has moved to the right by the specified number of characters.

Outside PRINT statements, SPACES and its operand must appear within parentheses: (n SPACES).

Example

 ON EVERY ROW
    LET s = (6 SPACES), "=ZIP"
    PRINT r.fname, 2 SPACES, r.lname, s