Writes standard character data.
| Category: |
Character
|
| Alignment: |
left
|
| Alias: |
$Fw.
|
-
w
-
specifies the width of the output field.
You can specify a number or a column range.
| Default: |
1 if the length of the
variable is undefined. Otherwise, the default is the length of the variable. |
| Range: |
1-32767 |
The $w. format
and the $CHARw. format are identical, and they
do not trim leading blanks. To trim leading blanks, use the LEFT function
to left align character data, or use list output with the colon (:) format
modifier and the format of your choice.
put @10 name $5.;
put name $ 10-15;
|
Value of name* |
Results |
|
----+----1----+----2
|
#Cary
|
Cary
|
Tokyo
|
Tokyo
|
| *
The character # represents a blank space. |
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