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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>TEXT command</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000">

<P><A NAME="textcommand"></A>
<font size="+3" color="green"><B>TEXT command</B></font></P>

<TABLE border="1" cols="2" frame="box" rules="all" width="572">
<TR>
<TD width="15%" valign="top"><B>Syntax</B>:</TD>
<TD width="85%" valign="top"><CODE>TEXT 'string'</CODE></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><B>Qualifiers</B>:</TD>
<TD valign="top"><CODE>\GRAPHUNITS, \ERASE</CODE></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><B>Defaults</B>:</TD>
<TD valign="top"><CODE>\-GRAPHUNITS, \-ERASE</CODE></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><B>Examples</B>:</TD>
<TD valign="top"><CODE>
TEXT 'This is a string'<br />
TEXT 'The value of A is '//RCHAR(A)//' and B = '//RCHAR(B)<BR />
TEXT TIME//DATE<BR />
TEXT\ERASE<br />
TEXT 'theta squared &lt;theta&gt;&lt;^&gt;2'</CODE>
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
 By default, the <CODE>TEXT</CODE> command draws character strings.</P>
<p>
 <table><tr>
 <td valign="top"><a href="../Characteristics/TextRelated/textinteractive.htm"><CODE>
  TEXTINTERACTIVE</CODE></a></td>
 <td>controls whether the graphics cursor is used to interactively place the character
  strings that are drawn when using the <CODE>TEXT</CODE> command.</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td valign="top"><a href="../Characteristics/TextRelated/textalign.htm"><CODE>TEXTALIGN</CODE></a></td>
 <td>controls the alignment or justification of the character strings that are drawn when using the
  <CODE>TEXT</CODE> command.  The origin of the text string is always the lower left corner of the string.
  The alignment determines where this origin is placed with respect to a reference point.</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td valign="top"><a href="../Characteristics/TextRelated/textcolor.htm"><CODE>TEXTCOLOR</CODE></A></td>
 <td>is the color of the drawn text string.</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td valign="top"><a href="../Characteristics/TextRelated/textfont.htm"><CODE>TEXTFONT</CODE></A></td>
 <td>is the font name used for drawing the text string.</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td valign="top"><a href="../Characteristics/TextRelated/textangle.htm"><CODE>TEXTANGLE</CODE></A></td>
 <td>is the angle, in degrees, measured counterclockwise, between the base line of the text string and
  a horizontal line.</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td valign="top"><a href="../Characteristics/TextRelated/textheight.htm"><CODE>TEXTHEIGHT</CODE></A></td>
 <td>controls the text height.</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td valign="top"><a href="../Characteristics/TextRelated/xtextlocation.htm">
  <CODE>XTEXTLOCATION</CODE></A></td>
 <td>is the horizontal reference position of a text string. This reference point is used for alignment.</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td valign="top"><a href="../Characteristics/TextRelated/ytextlocation.htm">
  <CODE>YTEXTLOCATION</CODE></A></td>
 <td>is the vertical reference position of a text string. This reference point is used for alignment.</td>
 </tr></table></P>
<p>
 <a href="numeric.htm"><font size="+1" color="olive">Appending numeric values</font></a><br />
 <a href="graphunits.htm"><font size="+1" color="olive">GRAPHUNITS</font></a><br />
 <a href="erase.htm"><font size="+1" color="olive">ERASE</font></a><br />
 <a href="justandloc.htm"><font size="+1" color="olive">Alignment and location</font></a><br />
 <a href="formatting.htm"><font size="+1" color="olive">Formatting</font></a><br />
 <a href="date.htm"><font size="+1" color="olive">Date and time</font></a><br />
 <a href="example.htm"><font size="+1" color="olive">Examples</font></a>
</p>
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