Spc

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Spc

Skips a number of columns inside a Print, leaving those cells unchanged.

Syntax

Spc( columns )

Parameters

• spaces

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.

Remarks

Usage

Print Spc( spaces ) [(, | ;)] ...

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

• Tab
• Space
• Print
• ?

Examples

Print "foo"; Spc(5); "bar"

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

The output would look like:

FIRST NAME                         LAST NAME
----------                         ----------
Jane                               Doe
Bob                                Smith

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