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(See APPENDIX C for f urther g u ide to t h e u se o f U S ING . )
10 A=1 25:X$ = "A B C DEF "
20 PRINT U S IN G "## . ##"" ; A 1.2SE021
30 PRINT U S ING " &&&&&&&& "; X$ ._ I -'-A_B_C_D _ E _ F __,
40 PRINT USING " # ### &&& "; A ; X$ 1 L_ _ 1 _ 2 _ s _ A _ B _ c __,
Examples
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The USING ver b ca n b e us e d by i t s e lf o r as a c l ause w i t hin a n LPR l NT , PAUSE , o r
PRINT st a tement. T h e USI N G v erb estab li s he s a s pe cifi ed fo r mat for o ut pu t which is
u s ed for a ll ou t pu t w h ic h fol l ows u n til c h ang ed by ano the r U S IN G v er b .
The editing s pe ci f icat i on of t h e U S I N G ve r b c o n s i s t s of a qu o ted s tr i ng c o mp o sed of
s ome comb i n atio n o f t he fo ll owing ed it i ng c ha r a cters :
# R i ght j u s t if i e d nu m eri c fie l d char ac t e r
Decima l po i n t
" Used to indic ate t h at nu mb ers sh ou l d b e d i sp l a y e d i n s cientific notation
& Left just ifi ed a l p h a nu me r i c fi e l d
For example , "####" is an ed it i ng sp ec lll c a tl o n for a ri g ht justified numeric field with
room for 3 digits and t he s i g n. In nu m eric f i e l d s , a locatio n must be included for the
sign, even if i t wi ll alw a ys b e posit i ve.
Editing spe c if ic a tions m ay in c l ud e m o r e t h an o ne fie l d . F or ex ample "# ###&&&&"
could be u se d to pri n t a numer i c an d a chara c t e r fi e l d n ext t o ea c h o th er .
If the ed i t i ng sp ecifica tio n i s m i ss i ng , as i n f o r ma t 1 , s pe ci al f orma tt i n g i s t urned off and
th e bu ilt-in disp lay r u l e s pe rt ai n .
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The USIN G ve rb i s us e d to co nt rol t h e fo rmat o f di sp l a y ed or p r i n te d o u tp ut.
1 USING
2 USING "e d iti n g spec i f i ca ti on "
Abbrev i a tio n s : U ., U S ., U S I. , US I N .
See a l s o : LPRINT , PAU S E , PRINT
Verbs
USING