NAME

lpos - return the horizontal position of the line printer

SYNOPSIS

v = lpos[(Expr)]

DESCRIPTION

Lpos returns the current horizontal (column) position of the line printer (see lprint).  The leftmost column is identified as column one.  The argument Expr is unused. 

EXAMPLE

The program

	print lpos
	lprint "hey, there";
	print lpos

might be executed as follows:

	$ LPR="cat >file"
	$ export LPR
	$ a.out
	 1
	 11
	$

SEE ALSO

lprint, pos

from The Basmark QuickBASIC Programmer’s Manual by Lawrence Leinweber