Commodore PET - Tab

Format:
SPC(arg)
where:
arg
is a numeric constant. variable. or expression
that specifies the number of skips to
be printed.
This parameter must be in the range
a ~arg ~255. A value of aprints 256 skips.
SPC begins counting positions at the current cursor position before the SPC
function itself is typed.
Examples:
?SPC(1);"H"
H
?SPC(5);"H"
H
TAB
TAB moves the cursor right to the specified column position.
Format:
TAB(arg)
where:
These
two examples show the
difference between
SPC and TAB.
SPC skips ten positions from
the last cursor location.
whereas TAB skips to the
10+ 1th
position on the row.
arg
?"QUARK";TAB(1 O);"W"
QUARK W
is a numeric constant. variable. or expression
that specifies the column position to which the
cursor
is to be moved. This parameter must be
in the range
0~arg~255.
TAB moves the cursor to the n+1 position. where n is the value of the
specified argument.
Examples:
?"QUARK" ;SPC(1 0) ;"W"
QUARK W
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