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KEEP EMBEDDED TABS

Syntax:

KEEP EMBEDDED TABS

Function:

By default, FPT preserves the column position of trailing comments and of code positioned by tab characters.

The command KEEP EMBEDDED TABS instructs FPT to transcribe tabs to the output files and to use tab characters to position trailing comments. The command CHANGE EMBEDDED TABS TO SPACES instructs FPT to replace existing tab characters by spaces and to use spaces to position trailing comments. The command REMOVE EMBEDDED TABS instructs FPT to remove all tab characters beyond the label field which do not occur in delimited strings, Hollerith constants or comments.

Tab characters in comments, strings and Hollerith constants are not changed by these commands.

Where to use this command:

Operating system command line	Yes
Configuration file, config.fsp	Yes
Specification (FSP) files, *.fsp	Yes
Interactively, to FPT> prompt:	Yes
Interactive command files	Yes
Embedded in the Fortran code	Yes

Default:

Tabs are written to the output files by default (Note that defaults may be changed in the configuration file).

See also:

CHANGE EMBEDDED TABS TO SPACES

SPACE BEFORE

SPACE AFTER

REMOVE EMBEDDED TABS