Commodore Plus 4 - Page 157

Line 20 prints this:
CBM CAT before printing
leaves three spaces
"CBM" as defined in
format list
CHARACTER
Pound Sign (#)
Plus( + )
Minus (-)
Decimal Point (.}
Comma (,)
Dollar Sign ($)
NUMERIC
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
STRING
X
X
X
Equal Sign (=)
Greater Than Sign (>)
The pound sign (#) reserves room for a single character in the ouiput
field. If the data item contains more characters than you have # in your
format field, the following occurs:
• For a numeric item, the entire field is filled with asterisks (").
No numbers are printed.
For example:
10 PRINT USING "####" X
For these values for X, this format displays:
A-12.34 12
A = 567.89 568
A- 123456 ••••
For a STRING item, the string data is truncated at the bounds of the
field. Only as many characters are printed as there are pound signs
(#) in the format item. Truncation occurs on the right.
The plus ( + )and minus (-) signs can be used in either the first or last
position of a format field but not both. The plus sign is printed if the
number is positive. The minus sign is printed if the number is negative,