TERMWIDTH Function

TERMWIDTH

Returns the width of the current terminal, measured in character columns.

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Examples

PRINT "Terminal width = "; TERMWIDTH

REM Draw a border along the top of the screen
CURSOR 1, 1
PRINT STRING$(TERMWIDTH, "-")

REM Centre text horizontally
midX = TERMWIDTH / 2 - (LEN("Hello, world!") / 2)
CURSOR midX, TERMHEIGHT / 2
PRINT "Hello, world!"

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Notes

• Value is returned as an integer ≥ 1.
• Useful for horizontal positioning with CURSOR.
• Works together with TERMHEIGHT to adapt output to the current terminal size.

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See also: TERMHEIGHT · CURSOR · CURRENTX · CURRENTY