Re: Print Statement with more than one comma in a row fails

[Lee <t.lee.davidson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/22/25 7:48 PM, Brian G wrote:
> I am not sure if it is a bug or a feature but if I put two commas in a row in a print statement, i get a syntax error.
>
> But i seem to think that a comma is a tab, and in the past you could do:
>
> print "a",,"b"
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> to get a double tab, Am I wrong in expecting the print statement to perform that correctly?
>
> Same with
>
> print "a";;"b"
>
> which does include two spaced, but
>
> print "a";;;"b"
>
> is a syntax error
>
> I think this worked at some point in the past...

I get a syntax error on all three Print statements with Gambas 3.20.

On Gambas 3.18, I get "Unexpected ','" for the first and "Unexpected ';'" for the third. The second works.


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Lee

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