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RIGHT Option-Shift the Column for a Variable to the Right

Use the RIGHT option to shift the column for a variable to the right. The entire column, including the headings, is shifted.

The RIGHT option has the following syntax:

RIGHT(n)

n

Indicates the number of print columns (spaces) to shift the column to the right.

Example: Shifting Columns

This example specifies the RIGHT variable option with the variable TRAN USE to shift the column to the right. The column appears under the first heading specified with the HEADER command.

HEADER(20,24) ---------TOTAL----------
HEADER(47,26) -------TRAN CSSN--------
TAB DAY TRAN USE RIGHT(8)      AND,
        TRAN LIFE              AND,
        TRAN CPU               AND,
        TRAN USE  TRANID(CSSN) AND,
        TRAN LIFE TRANID(CSSN) AND,
        TRAN CPU  TRANID(CSSN)
 END
RUN

A report like the following is generated:

SHIFT  NONE
EACH   DAY
PERIOD NONE        ---------TOTAL----------   -------TRAN CSSN--------
                    TRAN     TRAN     TRAN     TRAN     TRAN     TRAN
 WEEKDAY             USE     LIFE      CPU      USE     LIFE      CPU
---------         -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Thursday            1258    205.1    0.032      129    8.756    0.010
Friday               369    175.3    0.028       66    1.773    0.011
---------         -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
PERIOD              1627    198.3    0.031      195    6.393    0.011
---------         -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------