In Basic, a tab stop occurs every 8 characters, with a minimum of 1 blank displayed. If the tab occurs 1-7, blanks to 8, next character in 9. If the tab occurs 8-15, blanks to 16, next character in 17. Blanks to 24, 32, 40. Blanks to 48, 56, 64, 72, 80. Blanks to 88, 96, 104, 112, 120. Blanks to 128, 136, 144, 152, 160.
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to reiterate before this thread drifts away: > > Classic MVS, not z/UNIX, and this is not a delimiter in a parameter file, > this is for a display (note the subject line). How do you signify a tab > character inside a displayed otherwise alphanumeric value? > > I suppose that begs the question "how then *will* the user *specify* a tab?" > and that is indeed a good question that I have not yet answered. At this > point, the only way that this parameter becomes a tab is through a "meta" > parameter that will set a bunch of other options. The customer will specify > PARMX(SET1) and that will imply > > Parm1=This > Parm2=That > Parm3=Foo<tab>Bar > > I am going to have to solve the specify problem at some point. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mike Schwab > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 3:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Mainframe "culture" question - how display a tab character? > > Most MVS or z/OS programs expect commas between parameters, or blanks. > But if this is a z/Unix program, the tab probably would be expected. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
