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Syntax
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Tab(
column
)
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Description
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Prints the number of spaces necessary to reach a given column position.
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Comments
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This function can only be used with the
Print
and
Print#
statements.
The column parameter is an
Integer
specifying the desired column position to which to advance. It can be any value between 0 and 32767 inclusive.
Rule 1: If the current print position is less than or equal to column, then the number of spaces is calculated as:
column – print_position
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Rule 2: If the current print position is greater than column, then column
– 1
spaces are printed on the next line.
If a line width is specified (using the
Width
statement), then the column position is adjusted as follows before applying the above two rules:
column = column Mod width
The
Tab
function is useful for making sure that output begins at a given column position, regardless of the length of the data already printed on that line.
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Example
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This example prints three column headers and three numbers aligned below the column headers.
Sub Main()
Print "Column1";Tab(10);"Column2";Tab(20);"Column3"
Print Tab(3);"1";Tab(14);"2";Tab(24);"3"
Sleep(10000) 'Wait 10 seconds.
End Sub
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See Also
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Spc (function); Print (statement); Print# (statement).
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CIMPLICITY
