Spckeyword

Output function to skip spaces when writing to screen or file

Syntax

Spc( columns )

Parameters

Name		Description
`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.

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.

Example

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

Reference

Documented in KeyPgSpc.html