Show and graphic characters

[Kenneth Brody]

On 7/26/2010 11:01 AM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> I have the following in an output processing table:
>
> Windows,  5.6.10
[...]
>         Then: SHOWCTR("1") "\g7"{repeat("\g0","125"){"\g9"
[...]
>         Then: SHOWCTR("3") "\g1"{repeat("\g0","125"){"\g3"
>
> My problem is that the upper right \g9 and lower right \g3 display as ?g9 and ?g3.  Everything else displays properly
>
>                   ┌──────────────────────────?g9
>                   │ Checking For members Missing Transactions │
>                   └──────────────────────────?g3
>
> What am I doing wrong?

125 is not a multiple of 3.  Therefore, the repeat() ends in "\g0\g", which 
means your strings end in "\g0\g\g9" and "\g0\g\g3".  The "?" comes from the 
invalid "\g\" sequence, and the "g9" and "g3" are left over, to be displayed 
as-is.

-- 
Kenneth Brody