d Spaces are a little different. Sometimes they have a specific meaning. Most of the time though, they serve their "normal" function - Ia make a line more READABLE. The computer usually does nol view them as necessary. For example, you can type: 10PRINT"2* 5 = ":2* 5 and you will still see 2 * 5 = 10 when you run the program. the same. YOU MUST STILL PRESS I RTN l TO ENTER YOUR COMMAND OR STATEMENT. Otherwise the computer will treat the second line as a continuation of the first line. ~ .._) ..d ~ ~ - ..,..,) ..,.; - . There may be times when you WANT this to happen (if you have a statement that won't fit on one line, for example).
In this case, you can type UP TO AND INCLUDING COLUMN 34 on the second line, before press· ing I RTN [. This makes a total of 72 characters- the MAXIMUM LINE LENGTH. When you have typed 72 characters (including spaces), Aquarius will BUZZ and refuse to print any further char· acters until you press I RTN I. ~ HOW TO EDIT LINE LENGTH Think of the screen as 40 columns across by 24 rows down. 0 1 'eiiii) !I 7 a t 10 , 12 13 14 15 18 IT 18 ,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ..- -wJ - >._) 0~ 10 P.RlNT ''HELLO .. 20 PRINT 2 • 4 RUN HEllO ~ Normally you can type characters in columns 1 through 38. Aquarius usually reserves columns 0 and 39 as margins. 6 Ok abc 'll If you type a character or space in column 38.
the cursor will auto· matically return to column 1 on the next line. THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS PRESSING THE I RTN I KEY, though the immediate result may look 45.67890123~5678901234S6789012HS6. I ~ 0 .......; ,_;