Prints or displays lines of text.

\TextLine

\\TextLine

Parameters

\ TextLine

When you use \, the text line is preceded by a carriage return and a line feed.

\\ TextLine

When you use \\, the text line is not preceded by a carriage return and a line feed.

Any spaces preceding \ and \\ are not included in the output line, but spaces following \ and \\ are included.

You can embed an expression in the text line. If the expression is enclosed in the text merge delimiters (<< >> by default) and SET TEXTMERGE is ON, the expression is evaluated and its value is output as text.

Remarks

Example

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CLOSE DATABASES OPEN DATABASE (HOME(2) + 'Data\testdata') USE Customer && Open customer table SET TEXTMERGE ON SET TEXTMERGE TO letter.txt \<<CDOW(DATE( ))>>, <<CMONTH(DATE( ))>> \\ <<DAY(DATE( ))>>, <<YEAR(DATE( ))>> \ \ \Dear <<contact>> \Additional text \ \Thank you, \ \XYZ Corporation CLOSE ALL MODIFY FILE letter.txt NOEDIT

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