Spc Function

Spc Function

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Class

Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileSystem

Syntax

 Spc(   n   ) 

n (required; Integer)

The number of spaces required

Return Value

A String containing n spaces

Description

Inserts spaces between expressions in a Print or PrintLine procedure

Rules at a Glance

• Spc can only be used with the Print or PrintLine procedure.

• If the width of the device being printed to is greater than n , the print position is set to immediately after the number of spaces printed by the Spc function.

• If the width of the device being printed to is less than n , the print position is set to the current position plus the result of the formula n Mod devicewidth .

• If n is greater than the difference between the current print position and the width of the device, Spc inserts a line break and then inserts spaces in accordance with the following formula:

   n - (devicewidth - currentposition) 

• When using a proportional font, the Spc function uses the average width of all characters for that particular font to determine the width of the space character to print.

Programming Tips and Gotchas

• When the number of fixed-width columns is important, you should use either the Space or the Tab function, since there is not necessarily a relationship between the spaces provided by the Spc function and fixed-width columns.

See Also

Print, PrintLine Procedures, Tab Function