Sharp MZ-700 Owner's Manual page 43

(2) Format specification for string values
(a)
!
When the values being displayed are character strings, specifying an excla-
mation mark in "format string" causes just the first character of the string
specified to be displayed.
(Example:)
10 A$= "CDE "
20 PRINT USING "! " ; A$
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(b) & '-' '-' '-"--' &
Specifying
11
& '-' '-' '-' '-' &
11 in the format string causes the first 2
+
n charac-
ters of specified string expressions to be displayed (where n is the number
of spaces between the two ampersands).
If fewer than 2 + n characters
are specified in a string expression, characters displayed are left-justified
in the field defined by 11
& '-' '-' '-' '-' & " .
(Examples:)
10 A$=
11
ABCDEFGH
11
20 PRINT USING
11
& '-' '-' '-' '-' &
11
;
A$
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ABCDEF
10 A$=
11
XY
11
20 PRINT USING
11
& '-' '-' '-' '-' &
11
;
A$
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XY
(3) String constant output function
When any character other than those described above is included in the format
string of a PRINT USING statement, that character is displayed together with
the value specified following the semicolon.
(Example:)
lOA= 123
20PRINTUSING "DATA#### " ;A
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DATA'-'123
(4) Separation of USING
Usually, PRINT and USING are specified adjacent to each other; however,
it is possible to use them separately withiil. the same statement.
(Example :)
lOA=-12 :B= 14 :C= 12
20 PRINT A ; B; USING
11
####
11
; C
' - - - - - - - , - - - - -
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Normal PRINT function USING function
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-1 2'-' 14 '-''-' 12
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