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ONE TWO THREE FOUR
Even though the words are different length, they are spaced out evenly by the horizontal tabs.
Now add the following line to your program to set different horizontal tabs:
15 LPRINT CHR$(27);"D";CHR$(7);CHR$(l4);CHR$(21); CHR$(O);
.-
(ESC) “D” is the command to begin setting horizontal tabs. It
must be followed by characters representing the positions where you want the tabs set. In our program we are setting tabs in columns 7, 14, and 21. The final CHR$(O) ends the string of tabs. In fact, any character that is not greater than the provious one will stop setting tabs. This means that you must put all your tab values in order, from least to greatest, or they won’t all get set.
When you run the program now it produces this:
ONE TWO THREE FOUR
The words are now closer together, but still evenly spaced. To reset the default tabs, use one of the following programs:
LPRINT CHR$(27);"eO";CHR$(8)
LPRINT CHR$(27);"R"
The (ESC) “e” 0 CHR$(n) command sets the horizontal tabs to every n columns, and the (ESC) “R” command restores the default tab positions.
