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Create Blank Characters Example

This example demonstrates how to create a string with eight blank characters.

   STRING/STR(4,15),S(5)
   STR(1)='X'+BLSTR(10)+'Y'
   PRINT/STR(1)
   HALT

This displays the following string:

 
   X        Y

BLSTR can be embedded in a string, as shown above, or assigned directly to a variable which causes spaces in a table of values as follows:

   STRING/STR(4,15),S(5)
   STR(1)='X'+BLSTR(10)+'Y'
   S=BLSTR(5)
   STR(2)='2.5'+S+'1.45'
   STR(3)='3.6'+S+'1.25'
   STR(4)='6.2'+S+'2.27'
   PRINT/STR(1)
   PRINT/'------------'
   PRINT/STR(2)
   PRINT/STR(3)
   PRINT/STR(4)
   HALT

The statements above would display the following table:

 
   X     Y

   ------------

   2.5   1.45

   3.6   1.25

   6.2   2.27