Printing a number of lines

lns()

Print a number of lines

SYNTAX

lns(integer)

Print the specified number of blank lines. The integer may be any expression which evaluates to an integer value.

After the blank lines have been printed the tab position is reset to 0. It is therefore irrelevant whether a call to lns in a print list is preceded by a colon or by a semicolon.

This function is meaningless outside a print[h] command.

Note

The print[h] command if used alone, with no print list, prints a single blank line. So these commands are identical:

print
print lns(1);

The command:

print lns(1)

without a semicolon, prints two blank lines.

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EXAMPLES

print pr_field1; lns(5)
print lns(tmp.BlankLines)

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RELATED TOPICS

Reports

Report functions

print[h]