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BASIC COMMANDS AND

STATEMENTS

3.60

TAB

Purpose:

To

specify

a

number

of

places

to

the

right

of

the

left

margin

for

the

cursor.

Format:

PRINT

TAB

(expression)

Comments:

The

TAB

function

only

moves

the

cursor

to

the

right.

Hence,

if

the

va,ue

evaluated

from

the

expression

is

smaller

than

the

column

number

of

the

current

cursor

position,

the

cursor

will

not

move.

The

value

of

expression

must

be

from

0 to

255.

Example:

]

10

PRINT

TAB

(I

0)

] 20

PRINT

"IO

COLUMNS

TO

THE

LEFT"

The

computer

will

print

out

the

string

on

statement

20

starting

from

the

10th

column.

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