Sharp PC-1403 - Page 207

20 1
3 0 : PRINT "AB CDE FG HI "
I A BC
J ABCDEF I
20 : PRINT "A BC "
10 : U S ING "& &&&&& "
Displa y
State me n t
String constants and va ri ab l es a r e disp l a y e d usi n g the ' & ' character . Each '&'
indicates one character i n the fie l d t o be displa y ed . T he string will be positioned at the
left end of this f i eld . If t he s t ring i s sho rt er th an t h e f i el d , the r em ai ning s paces to the
right will be fi lled w it h s p aces . If t h e st r i n g i s lo nger t han t h e f iel d , t he s t ring will be
trunca t ed t o th e l eng t h o f th e fie ld :
l - 3 . 65 E 02 1
30: PR INT -365.2 7 8
l 2 . 00 E 00 !
20 : PRINT 2
10 : USING "### . ## " "
D i sp l ay
St a tem e n t
A",.,_ · ., character ma y b e i ncl ude d i n the ma s k t o i nd i c a te that the number i s to be
displayed in s c i en ti f i c n otat i o n . T h e ' # ' and '.' charact er s are u se d in t he mask to
specify the for m a t o f t he " c h a ra c t e r ist ic " port io n of the nu mb e r , i. e. , t he part whi c h is
di s played to the left o f the E. Two ' # ' chara cters s hou ld a lways be u s ed to the l eft of
the d ecim a l po i nt t o p rovide for t h e s i gn c h a ra c ter a nd o ne i nt e g er digit. T he de c im a l
point may be inc l uded , but i s no t r e qu i red. U p t o 9 '# ' c ha r a c ter s ma y app ea r to the
righ t o f the decim al poi nt. F o ll ow i ng t h e c h ara ct e ri st i c porti on , t he ex po n ent iat ion
character , E , will be d i s pl a y ed fo ll ow ed b y one pos i t i on fo r t he s i gn and t w o po si t ions
tor th e ex pon e nt. Thu s , t h e sm a llest sc i e n t if i c no ta t i o n fiel d w oul d be pro v id e d by a
ma s k o f "# # " " whic h wou ld pri nt nu mbers o f the form ' 2E 99 '. The large s t
scient i fi c no tat io n fi eld w ou l d be " ## . # ### # ## # # "" w hich w o uld print n u mbers
s uch as ' -1 . 2 3 4567 8 90 E - 12 ':
Specifying Scientific Notation
APPENDIXC
Formatting Output