SPACE instruction

The SPACE instruction inserts one or more blank lines in the listing of a source module. This separates sections of code on the listing page.

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram>>-+-----------------+--SPACE--+-----------------+-------------><
   '-sequence_symbol-'         '-number_of_lines-'  
 
sequence_symbol
is a sequence symbol.
number_of_lines
is an absolute expression that specifies the number of lines to be left blank. You may use any absolute expression to specify number_of_lines. If number_of_lines is omitted, one line is left blank. If number_of_lines has a value greater than the number of lines remaining on the listing page, the instruction has the same effect as an EJECT statement.

The SPACE statement itself is not printed in the listing unless a variable symbol is specified as a point of substitution in the statement, in which case the statement is printed before substitution occurs. A completely blank line is equivalent to a SPACE 1 statement.


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