SPACE

The SPACE function is a convenient way to generate a specific number of ASCII space characters.

COMMAND SYNTAX

SPACE(expression)

SYNTAX ELEMENTS

expression should evaluate to a positive integer value.

NOTES

The SPACE function will return the specified number of ASCII space characters and is useful for padding strings. It should not be used to position output on the terminal screen however as this is inefficient and should be accomplished using the @( ) function.

EXAMPLE

TenSpaces = SPACE(10)

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