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