PURPOSE: The CENTER statement prints the specified material centered on any point on the output line.
CENTER [ON n] item AT ae [,NOCR] [HUSH] [IF; UNLESS clause] [iterate clause]
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n |
is a number or declared field that gives the number of the report to which the statement applies. |
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item |
can be a constant, literal, variable name, date expression, arithmetic expression, string expression, function, or field, so long as the resultant value is a string. If an item is a literal, it must be in double or single quotation marks. |
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ae |
can be a number or an arithmetic expression that equates to a number from 1 to 500. It is the point on the line at which the object is centered. |
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NOCR |
suppresses the carriage return-line feed that usually prints after the statement is executed. |
CENTER "PRODUCED ON: "+@DATSTR(@DATE,"MMM DD, YYYY") AT 40
NOTES: The CENTER statement can be included in a PRINT statement.
SEE ALSO: PRINT Statement