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The aboslute horizontal tab command moves the print head to a specified position on the page. The position that you want the print head to move to (meaured from the left margin) is specified by the values of $21and n2 in l/60-inch units using the formula nl + n2 x 256.

Try this program to see how this works.

10 1 Demo of absolute horizontal tabs

20 FOR I=60 TO 70 STEP 2

30 LPRINT I;'+++++';

40 LPRINT CHR$(27);"$";CHR$(I);CHR$(O); 50 LPRINT 'Horizontal tab."

60 NEXT I

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In this program, the print head is positioned before the “H” in “Horizontal” is printed.

The relative horizontal tab command can move the print head right form the current position. The formula for calculating how much the print head moves is the same as in the absolute horizontal tab command. However, the units by which the print head actually moves vary’in l/120-inch units.

Try this program to see how this works.

10 FOR I=1 TO 3

20 LPRINT "Relative";

30 LPRINT CHR$(27>;'\';CHR$(I*2O);CHR$(O);

40 LPRINT 'Horizontal";

50 LPRINT CHR$(27);"\';CHR$(I*lO);CHR$(O);

60 LPRINT "Tab."

70 NEXT I