Epson FX 30 LPRINT TAB(X)"STAIR"CHR$(27)"A"CHR$(X+128), 40 NEXT, 20 FOR X=0 TO, 50 LPRINT CHR$(27)"2, Figure 7-2. Cascading STAIR STEPS

To show what varying n can mean, the following program increases the line spacing by one dot’s worth on each line feed:

20 FOR X=0 TO 24

30 LPRINT TAB(X)"STAIR"CHR$(27)"A"CHR$(X+128)

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40 NEXT X

50 LPRINT CHR$(27)"2"

Figure 7-2.Cascading STAIR STEPS

Figure 7-2 shows that the loop in line 20 and the ESCape “A” command in line 30 gradually increase the line spacing. Because many computer systems have difficulty with one or more numbers below 13 in character-string commands, we have used X+128 in the line- spacing command to avoid those problems.

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