display

The EGL display statement adds a text form to a runtime buffer but does not present data to the screen. For details on the runtime behavior, see Text forms.

Syntax

Syntax diagram for the display statement
textForm
Name of a text form that is visible to the program.

Compatibility

Table 1. Compatibility considerations for display
Platform Issue
IMS/VS The statement is not supported for text forms.
VisualAge® Generator compatibility mode

If you are working in this mode, you can issue a statement with the following syntax:

  display printForm;
printForm
Name of a print form that is visible to the program.

In that case, display is equivalent to print (see print).


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