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In this program underline is turned on in line 30 with (ESC)

- ” 1, and then off in line 50 with (ESC) “ -” 0. The overline is turned on in line 70 with (ESC) “-” 1, and then off in line 90 with (ESC) “-” 0. There’s a new aspect to this program, though. The semicolons at the end of the lines told BASIC that those lines were to be continued. Therefore, BASIC didn’t send a carriage return and line feed at the end of those lines. We just did this to illustrate that all these control codes can be used in the middle of a line. It’s easy to underline, overline or italicize on- ly part of a line.

nSuperscripts and subscripts

Your printer can print in two different heights of characters. The smaller characters are called superscriptsand subscriptsand are half the height of normal characters. Superscriptsprint even- ly with the tops of regular printing while subscriptsprint evenly with the bottom of regular printing. They are frequently used to reference footnotes, and in mathematical formulas.

Table 4-5 has the codes for using superscripts and subscripts.

Table 4-5

Superscripts and subscripts commands

Try this program to see them work:

10

' Demo

of

superscripts

and subscripts

20

LPRINT

"Look! ";

 

30

LPRINT

CHR$(27);"SO";

 

40

LPRINT

"SUPERSCRIPTS

";

50

LPRINT

CHR$(27);"T";

 

60

LPRINT

"&

";

 

70

LPRINT

CHR$(27);"Sl";

 

80 LPRINT

"SUBSCRIPTS

";

90

LPRINT

CHR$(27);"T";

 

100 LPRINT "on one line."

Look! suPERscRIPTs & suasca~p~s on one line.

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Star Micronics NB24-10/15 user manual Try this program to see them work, Superscripts Subscripts