WEISS@RUTGERS.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP (08/15/83)
I have recently noticed that the BASIC TAB function does not operate correctly on an 80 column APPLE IIe. For example: PRINT "123"; TAB(5); "5" will print a 5 in column 5 when the screen is set to 40 columns, but will print a 5 in column 8 when the screen is set to 80 columns. Instead of tabbing to column 5, the APPLE generates 4 blanks. It seems that a TAB(N) will always result in the printing of N-1 spaces. 1. Is there a way to TAB correctly? 2. Does the IBM PC TAB correctly? Sholom Weiss WEISS@RUTGERS -------
revc@noscvax.UUCP (08/23/83)
Ref: Tabbing by POKEing address 36. That's what I like about Apples. Everytime you want a function to work right you have to POKE or CALL to some undocumented address. Isn't it nice to have such a user friendly system? :-) Bob Van Cleef uucp : {decvax!ucbvax || philabs}!sdcsvax!nosc!revc arpa : revc@nosc CompuServe : 71565,533