The display statement outputs text on the screen in a macros or a Procs. If the message text is terminated by a +, the trailing carriage return is suppressed.
| message.text | Regular text, special characters, or any combination of them, such as these below: | |
| @(x{,y}) | Positions cursor at the specified x,y coordinates where x indicates the row position and y indicates the column position. | |
| @(-x) | Generates the corresponding video attributes. The values of x are the exactly the same as the values of the BASIC @ function. | |
| @({x}n) | Generates x carriage returns. If x is omitted, only one carriage return is generated. | |
| @({x}b) | Generates x bells. If x is omitted, only one bell is generated. | |
| @(O[n|.x]) | Generates one character whose decimal representation is n, or hexadecimal representation is x, preceded by a period. Valid values are from 0 to 254 decimal (x'00' to X'FE'). | |
| 'command' | Result of the execution of 'command', between back quotation marks, is substituted in place of command. | |
display message.text{+}
display I am ‘who‘!
Displays:
I am 0 joe pa!
Clears the screen, displays the highlighted text, and suppresses the trailing form feed.
display @(-1)@(-13)main menu@(-14)+
Sends the Del character.
display Sending del: @(O.7F)