IBM 5100 Basic Reference Manual page 98

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Data Pointer Position Before Pointer Position After
Type Delimiter Displaying or Printing Displaying or Printing
Character Comma If at least 18 character The pointer is moved
Variable positions remain in the past any remaining
record, data will be writ- characters of the full
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ten beginning at the cur- print zone. If the end
rent position of the of the record is reached,
pointer. If less than 18 the record is printed
positions remain, the or displayed and the
record is printed or dis- pointer is set to the
played and the constant start of the next record.
will be written starting
at the beginning of the
next record. If the end
of the record is encoun-
tered before the char-
acters are written, the
record is printed or dis-
played and the remaining
characters will be written
starting at the beginning
of the next record.
Semicolon The variable is written The pointer is left at the
starting at the current posi- position immediately
tion of the pointer. If the following the last
end of the first record is character.
reached before all data is
written, the record is dis-
played or printed and the
remaining data will start
at the beginning of the
next record.
Null (not end
The record is written and
of statement) the pointer is set to the
start of the next record.
Null (end
of statement)
Figure 10 (Part 2 of
31.
Positions of DisplllY or Print line-Position Pointer
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