POSITION

Function

Sets the current position on a page.

Syntax

POSITION position
[@document_marker [COLUMNS{num_lit|_var|_col}
[num_lit|_var|_col]...]]

Arguments

@document_marker

A location defined in a DOCUMENT paragraph. In this case, the position used is the location of that marker in the text of the document.

COLUMNS

The columns beginning at the location of the document marker. The columns defined are relative to the position of the document marker.

When COLUMNS is used, the entire command cannot be broken across more than one program line.

Examples

position  (12,5)! Set current position to line 12, column 5.
position  (+2,25)! Set position 2 lines down, at 25th column.
position  ()  @total_location! Set position to document
print #total  ()  edit  999,999,999! marker @total_location.
position  ()  @name_loc  columns 1 30
print name  ()!  Columns are defined at @name_loc and
next-column!  29 characters to the right of @name_loc
print title ()

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