SHIFT (—Shift Columns Left

The SHIFT ( macro command moves characters on a line to the left without altering their relative spacing. Characters shifted past the current BOUNDS setting are deleted. See Shifting data for more information.

Syntax


Macro command syntax

                                   .-2-.   
>>-ISREDIT--SHIFT--(--+-linenum-+--+---+-----------------------><
                      '-label---'  '-n-'

linenum: A relative line number identifying the line on which characters are to be moved to the left.
label: A label identifying the line on which characters are to be moved to the left.
n: Specifies the number of columns to shift.

Description

The SHIFT ( command is limited to shifting columns of data on a single line. If you want to shift columns of data on several lines, each line of data columns must be moved individually.

Return codes

0: Normal completion
12: Invalid line number
20: Severe error

Examples

To shift columns of data 10 columns to the left on the line that contains the cursor:

ISREDIT SHIFT ( .ZCSR 10

To shift columns of data 2 columns to the left on the line with the label .LAB:

ISREDIT SHIFT ( .LAB