Moves the print position to a specified character position within a line, when called from within a Print or Print # statement.

Syntax

Tab ( column )

Elements

column

Any integer expression between 1 and 32000, inclusive, specifying a character position in the printed output. If column is less than 1, the Tab position defaults to 1 (the leftmost print position).

If you haven't specified a width for the file, Tab checks column against the current print position, and acts as follows:

• If you’ve already printed past the position specified by column, Tab prints a newline character, and then prints the next character in the column position on the next line.

• If column is at the current position, or after the current position, Tab prints enough spaces to move to the position specified by column and prints the next character in the column position on the current line.

@Char function in formula language

Example
See Also

LotusScript Language Reference: Q through T
Print # statement
Print statement
Space function
Spc function
Width # statement

Glossary