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PRINT (?)
Chapter 2 Program Instructions
Field of Application Statement for printing data to the standard OUT channel.
Syntax PRINT|?[[...][;]]
are string or numeric expressions, which will be printed to the
standard OUT channel.
Remarks If no expressions are specified after the PRINT statement, it will yield a blank
line. If one or more expressions are listed, the expression(s) will be processed
and the resulting values will be presented on standard OUT channel (see
Do not confuse this
statement with the
PRINTFEED statement.
SETSTDIO statement), e.g. usually on the screen of the host. The shorthand
form of PRINT is a question mark (?).
Each line is divided into zones of 10 character positions each. These zones
can be used for positioning the values:
•A comma sign (,) between the expressions causes next value to be printed
at the beginning of next zone.
•A semicolon sign (;) between the expressions causes next value to be
printed immediately after the last value.
•A plus sign (+) between two string expressions also causes next value to
be printed immediately after the last value. (Plus signs cannot be used
between numeric expressions).
• If the list of expressions is terminated by a semicolon, the next PRINT
statement will be added on the same line. Otherwise, a carriage return is
performed at the end of the line. If the printed line is wider than the screen,
the software will automatically wrap to a new line and go on printing.
Printed numbers are always followed by a space character.
Printed negative numbers are preceded by a minus sign (-).
Example 10 LET X%=10
20 LET A$="A"
30 PRINT X%;X%+1,X%+5;X%-25
40 PRINT A$+A$;A$,A$
50 PRINT X%;
60 ? "PIECES"
RUN
10 11 15 -15
AAA A
10 PIECES
yields:
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