$w. Format

Writes standard character data.

Category: Character
Alignment: Left
Alias: $Fw.
Syntax
Syntax Description
Comparisons
Example

Syntax

$w.

Syntax Description

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

Comparisons

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.

Example 

put @10 name $5.;
put name $ 10-15;
Value of name 1
Result
 
----+----1----+----2
 
#Cary
 
          Cary
 
Tokyo
 
         Tokyo
1The character # represents a blank space.
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