IBM 5100 Basic Reference Manual

Data Pointer Position Before
Pointer Position After
Type
Delimiter Displaying
or Printing Displaying or Printing
Null Comma No data is displayed.
The pointer
is moved
(.
forward 18 character
positions. If
the end of
the record is reached, the
record
is printed or dis·
played and
the pointer
is set to the start of the
next record.
Semicolon The pointer
is moved
forward 3 character
positions. I f the end
of
the record is reached,
the record is printed or
displayed and the pointer
is set to the start of the
next record.
Null (not end
of statement)
Null (end
of statement)
Character Comma
No data is displayed. The pointer is moved past
Constant any remaining spaces
in the
Semicolon full print zone.
If the end
of the record is reached, the
record is printed or displayed
and the pointer
is set to the
start of the next record.
Null (not end
The variable
is written The pointer is left at the
of statement) starting at the current position immediately
position
of the pointer.
folJowing
the last character.
If the end of the first
Null (end
record
is reached before The record is written and
of statement) all data is written, the the pointer is set to the
record
is displayed or
start
of the next record.
printed and
the
remaining data will
start at the beginning
of the next record.
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Figure 10 (Part 3 of 3). Positions of Display or Print Line·Position Pointer
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IBM 5100 Specifications

General

Release Year	1975
RAM	16 KB - 64 KB
Storage	204 KB tape drive
Display	5-inch CRT
Operating System	APL/BASIC
Processor	IBM PALM (1.9 MHz)