TABSLINE—Set or Query Tabs Line

The TABSLINE assignment statement either sets the tabs line, or retrieves the tabs line and places it in a variable.

Syntax


Assignment statement syntax

>>-ISREDIT--(varname)-- = --TABSLINE---------------------------><


>>-ISREDIT--TABSLINE-- = --data--------------------------------><

varname

Specifies the name of a variable to hold the contents of the current tabs line.

data

Specifies the data used to set the tabs line. The only valid tab characters for this data are blanks, asterisks (*), hyphens (-), and underscores (_). These forms can be used:

Simple string
Delimited string
Variable
Template (< col,string >)
Merge format (string1 + string2, operand + string2, string1 + operand)
Operand:
LINE linenum

Data from the line with the given relative line number.

LINE label

Data from the line with the given label.

MASKLINE

Data from the mask line.

TABSLINE

Data from the tabs line.

Return codes

0: Normal completion
4: Data truncated
8: Invalid data detected and ignored
20: Severe error (invalid input)

Examples

To store the value of the tabs line in variable &OLDTABS:

ISREDIT (OLDTABS) = TABSLINE

To set the tabs line to "*___* *":

ISREDIT TABSLINE = "*___*   *"

To clear the tabs line:

ISREDIT TABSLINE = " "

To set tabs in columns 1 and 35:

ISREDIT TABSLINE = <1,*,35,*>

To add a tab in column 36:

ISREDIT TABSLINE = TABSLINE + <36,*>