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

[brian <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for clarification.

~~~~~ Brian

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From: user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2025 6:32:52 PM
To: user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Print Statement with more than one comma in a row fails

Le 23/05/2025 à 03:24, Lee a écrit :
> 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"
>>
>> 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.
>
>

I don't know what you are talking about. This syntax has not changed
since Gambas 1.0.

Print A,B -> prints a tab character between A and B
Print A;;B -> prints a space between A and B
Print A;B -> prints nothing between A and B
Print A; -> do not print the newline character after A

Everything else should raise a compiler error.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini.