SPC Function
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 Action

 Skips a specified number of spaces in a  PRINT,  LPRINT, OR  PRINT  #
 statement, starting at the current print position.


 Syntax



  SPC( n%)

 Remarks


  SPC can only be used with  PRINT,  LPRINT, or  PRINT # statements. The
 argument  n% is a number between 0 and 32,767, inclusive, that is combined
 with the width of the output line to determine the number of blank
 characters to print.

 A semicolon (;) is assumed to follow the  SPC function. For example, the
 following two print statements are equivalent.

 PRINT SPC(10) FixLen1$; SPC(10) FixLen2$; SPC(10) FixLen3$


 PRINT SPC(10); FixLen1$; SPC(10); FixLen2$; SPC(10); FixLen3$




 Note that the  SPC function does more than move the text cursor to a new
 print position. For screen output it also overwrites any existing characters
 on a display screen with blanks. The  n% blank characters are printed
 starting at the current print position.


 The leftmost print position on an output line is always 1; to have any
 effect, the value of  n% must be greater than or equal to 1.

 The rightmost print position is the current line width of the output device
 (which can be set with the  WIDTH statement).

 The behavior of an  SPC function depends on the relationship between three
 values.  n%, the output-line print position when the  SPC function is
 executed, and the current output-line width.

   -         If  n% is greater than the output-line width,  SPC calculates
             n%  MOD width and generates the number of blanks indicated by
             that calculation, starting at the current print position.

   -         If the difference between the current print position and the
             output-line width is less than  n% (or  n%  MOD width), the  SPC
             function skips to the beginning of the next line and generates a
             number of blanks equal to  n% - (width - current print
             position).

 See Also

  SPACE$,  TAB


 Example


 The following example demonstrates the use of the  SPC statement to insert a
 number of spaces within a printed line using either the  PRINT statement or
 the  LPRINT statement.

 CLS   ' Clear the screen.


 PRINT "The following line is printed using standard screen print"


 PRINT "zones."


 PRINT . PRINT "Column 1","Column 2","Column 3","Column 4","Column 5"


 PRINT . PRINT


 PRINT "The next line is printed using the SPC(n%) statement to achieve"


 PRINT "the same results."


 PRINT


 PRINT "Column 1"; SPC(6); "Column 2"; SPC(6); "Column 3";


 PRINT SPC(6); "Column 4"; SPC(6); "Column 5"




 Output



 The following line is printed using standard screen print


 zones.





 Column 1      Column 2      Column 3      Column 4      Column 5








 The next line is printed using the SPC(n%) statement to achieve


 the same results.





 Column 1      Column 2      Column 3      Column 4      Column 5