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$w.

$w.


Writes standard character data

Category: Character
Alignment left
Alias: $Fw.

Syntax
Syntax Description
Comparisons
Examples

Syntax

$w.

Syntax Description

w
specifies the width of the output field. You can specify a number or a column range.
Default: 1 if the length of the variable is undefined; otherwise, the length of the variable
Range: 1-32767

Comparisons

The $w. format and the $CHARw. format are identical, and they do not trim leading blanks. To trim leading blanks, use the LEFT function to left align character data prior to output, or use list output with the colon (:) format modifier and the format of your choice.

Examples

put @10 name $5.;
put name $ 10-15;

Values* Results 

----+----1----+----2
 
#Cary
 
          Cary
 
Tokyo
 
         Tokyo
*The character # represents a blank space.


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