IBM 5100 Basic Reference Manual page 99

Data
Pointer Position Before
Pointer Position After
Type
Delimiter Displaying or Printing Displaying or Printing
Null Comma No data is displayed. The pointer is moved
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forward 18 character
positions. If the end of
the record is reached, the
record is printed or dis·
played and the pointer
is set to the start of the
next record.
Semicolon The pointer is moved
forward 3 character
positions. I f the end of
the record is reached,
the record is printed or
displayed and the pointer
is set to the start of the
next record.
Null (not end
of statement)
Null (end
of statement)
Character Comma No data is displayed. The pointer is moved past
Constant any remaining spaces in the
Semicolon full print zone. If the end
of the record is reached, the
record is printed or displayed
and the pointer is set to the
start of the next record.
Null (not end
The variable is written The pointer is left at the
of statement) starting at the current position immediately
position of the pointer. folJowing the last character.
If the end of the first
Null (end record is reached before The record is written and
of statement) all data is written, the the pointer is set to the
record is displayed or start of the next record.
printed and the
remaining data will
start at the beginning
of the next record.
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Figure 10 (Part 3 of 3). Positions of Display or Print Line·Position Pointer
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