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GW-BASIC WIDTH Statement Guide

The WIDTH statement in GW-BASIC is used to set the printed line width for the screen and line printers. It allows specifying the width in characters for the screen, a file number, or a device like LPT1:. The screen width is limited to 40 or 80 characters and changing it clears the screen. The WIDTH statement can also be used to deferently set the line width for a line printer without immediately changing the current width setting.

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GW-BASIC WIDTH Statement Guide

The WIDTH statement in GW-BASIC is used to set the printed line width for the screen and line printers. It allows specifying the width in characters for the screen, a file number, or a device like LPT1:. The screen width is limited to 40 or 80 characters and changing it clears the screen. The WIDTH statement can also be used to deferently set the line width for a line printer without immediately changing the current width setting.

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GW-BASIC User's Guide

WIDTH Statement
Purpose:
To set the printed line width in number of characters for the screen and line printer.

Syntax:
WIDTH size
WIDTH file number, size
WIDTH "dev", size

Comments:
size, an integer within the range of 0 to 255, is the new width.
file number is the number of the file that is open.
dev is a valid string expression identifying the device. Valid devices are SCRN:, LPT1:, LPT2:,
LPT3:, COM1:, and COM2:.

Changing Screen Width


The following statements are used to set the screen width. Only a 40- or 80-column width is
allowed.
WIDTH size
WIDTH "SCRN:", size
See the SCREEN statement for more information.
Changing SCREEN mode affects screen width only when moving between SCREEN 2 and
SCREEN 1 or SCREEN 0.

Note
Changing the screen width clears the screen and sets the border screen color to black.

Changing Line printer Width


The following WIDTH statement is used as a deferred width assignment for the line printer. This
statement stores the new width value without actually changing the current width setting:
WIDTH "LPT1:", size

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