SIMSCRIPT II.5 Programming Language

SIMSCRIPT II.5 Basic Concepts
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print I lines with arithmetic expression list as follows
followed by I lines of descriptive text and format information. The line count I is a positive integer
constant. The word line can be used instead of lines to improve readability. Thus and like
this may be used as alternatives to the phrase. Some sample print statements are:
print 2 lines as follows
print 1 line thus
print 2 lines with X and Y like this
print 4 lines with X, X**2, Y, Y**2, X*Y, N as follows
The I lines, called format lines, that follow the print statement can contain as many as 80 columns
of textual information and formats for variables or arithmetic expressions whose values are to be
printed. There can be either text, or formats, or both in any format line. The length of a format line
is measured as the number of columns from column 1 to the last nonblank column in the line.
Textual information appearing in format lines is printed exactly as it appears. Thus, the statement:
print 1 line as follows
......This is a Sample Format Line.....
prints a single line of output containing the above message. The statement:
print 2 lines thus
Summary Report
INCOME
EXPENSE DATA
prints two lines of output as they appear in the format lines. Any character except an (*) or a vertical
bar (|) can appear in a format line as a textual message. Blanks are "printed" as empty columns.
When print statements are used to display the value of arithmetic expressions, the expressions are
listed in the print statement, and descriptive formats are provided for their values. The expressions
are first evaluated, and then printed in the display formats in left-to-right order. The display
formats are described using asterisk (*) characters to indicate the desired positioning of the printed
values.
The general format description for a numeric value is of the form ***.**, where the asterisks indicate
the number of print positions before and after the decimal point. The decimal point and following
asterisks may be omitted if no fractional part is to be printed. If necessary, the value is
rounded before printing. Blank print positions to the left of the decimal point, although not filled
with asterisks, may be used if required by the magnitude of the number. A complete list of print
formats is given in Appendix A.
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