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TAB Function Programming Example
 
Example 1
 
The following example uses TAB to locate columns of output:
 
FOR I = 1 TO 4
   READ A$,B$
   PRINT A$ TAB(25) B$
NEXT
DATA NAME, AMOUNT,,, G.T. JONES, $25.00, H.L. STEVENS, $32.25
 
Sample Output
 
NAME                    AMOUNT
 
G.T. JONES              $25.00
H.L. STEVENS            $32.25
 
 
Example 2
 
The following example shows the effects of different values used as
arguments to TAB:
 
'Assumes 80-column screen width.
PRINT TAB(1287); "one"
PRINT TAB(255); "two"
PRINT TAB(-5); "three"
PRINT "123456789012345678901234567890" TAB(20) "four"
 
Sample Output
 
      one
              two
three
123456789012345678901234567890
                   four