Output format

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kiami

(Posted 2005) [#1]

Is anyway to format the the result of the 'print' command in the output? It is very helpful to me to use it for debugging.

WendellM

(Posted 2005) [#2]

There isn't a command like "Print Using" to create fully-formatted layouts, but you can add in any characters you like for formatting.

For example:

Local Array[3]

For i = 0 To 2
	Array[i] = i * 2
	Print "Array[" + i + "] = " + Array[i]
Next

Produces:

Array[0] = 0
Array[1] = 2
Array[2] = 4

Escape sequences can also be used to insert special characters like tabs and newlines:

~0 null character (ascii code 0)
~t tab character (ascii code 9)
~r return character (ascii code 13)
~n newline character (ascii code 10)
~q quotation mark (ascii code 34)
~~ single tilde character (ascii code 126)

Example:

Print "~tLine 1 Tab 1~tLine 1 Tab 2~n~tLine 2 Tab 1~tLine 2 Tab 2"

kiami

(Posted 2005) [#3]

Good enough, thanks.