LOCATE

The LOCATE command moves the text cursor to specific coordinates, and this new location sets the start position for all subsequent text printing until commanded otherwise.

All screen positions are measured in “text coordinates”, which are measured in units of one printed character on screen, with the x-coordinate controlling the horizontal position and the y-coordinate referring to the vertical.

The top left-hand corner of the screen has coordinates of 0,0 whereas text coordinates of 15,10 refer to a position 15 characters from the left-hand edge of the screen and 10 characters from the top.

The range of these coordinates will depend on the size of your character set and the dimensions of the display area allocated, known as a “window”.

All coordinate measurements are taken using text coordinates relative to the current window. If you try and print something outside of these limits, an error will be generated or the screen will be automatically scrolled down.

The current screen is automatically treated as a window, so there is no need to "open" one.

EXAMPLE

 LOCATE 15,0
 LOCATE ,20

Used in:
TEXT POSITIONING (USING LOCATE) TEXT POSITIONING (USING HOME)