FPARAM - set I/O parameters.

Usage:

call fparam(func, param [, length])

Where:

func

is an integer value specifying which parameter to set.

1

set the terminal line length. The line length should be a multiple of 4, and should not exceed 160. (default 80)

2

set the media code for unformatted output files. (default 1)

3

set the prompt to use when reading data from the terminal. (Default <CR><LF>=<DEL>)

4

set the terminal end of file character. (Default is ASCII file separator (octal 034))

5

keep trailing blanks on terminal output. If "param" is zero, trailing blanks will trimmed.

param

is an integer expression with the new parameter value.

length

for function 3 this is the number of characters in "param". (Default 4.)

Examples:

call fparam(3, o"015012000000", 2)

Will set the input prompt to a simple <CR><LF> sequence.

Description:

FPARAM sets some parameters used by the I/O library.

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