Vector Basic Interpreter Basic 80 Reference Manual - page 132
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STRING$(I,J)
STRING $ (I,X$)
Returns
a string
of length
I
whose
characters
all
have
ASCII
code
J or
the
first
character
of
X$.
10 X$
=
STRING$(10,45)
20 PRINT
X$
"MONTHLY
REPORT"
X$
RUN
----------MONTHLY
REPORT----------
Ok
Action:
.Spaces
to position
I on the
terminal.
If
the
current
position
is already
beyond
space
I, TAB
goes
to that
position
on
the next
line.
Space
0 is the
leftmost
position,
and
the
right-
most
position
is the width
minus
one.
I must
be
in the
range
0 to 255.
TAB may
only
be
used
in
and LPRINT
statements.
10 PRINT
"NAME"
TAB (25) "AMOUNT"
20 READ
A$,B$
30 PRINT
A$
TAB(25)
B$
40 DATA
"G. T. JONES","$25.00"
RUN
NAME
AMOUNT
G. T. JONES
Ok