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 SPACE(IEXP) (STRING)

 Function
  Create a string with a specified number of spaces.

 Syntax
  SPACE(len)

   len = An integer expression with the number of spaces for the new string.

 Return Type & Value
  STRING
  Returns a string of len spaces.

 Remarks
  This function is useful when formatting screen displays without ANSI
  and when writing formatted information out to a file.  It will create a
  string of the length specified with nothing but spaces.  The returned
  string may have anywhere from 0 to 256 spaces.

 Examples
  PRINT RANDOM(9),SPACE(5),RANDOM(9),SPACE(5),RANDOM(9)

  FCREATE 1,"NEWFILE.DAT",O_WR,S_DB
  FPUTLN 1,"NAME",SPACE(24),"CITY",SPACE(23),"PHONE"
  FCLOSE 1

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