Available on: c128

SCREEN COLUMNS (instruction)

Changes the number of columns that can be displayed. Depending on the hardware, the effect can be different as different are the acceptable values.

SYNTAX

 SCREEN COLUMNS rows


Legend
  • id : identifier
  • type : datatype
  • v : value
  • "..." : string
  • [...] : optional

EXAMPLE

 SCREEN COLUMNS 24


ABBREVIATION: ScCms

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In order to reduce space you can use this abbreviation for this instruction:

SCREEN COLUMNS (instruction) ↔ ScCms

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