PRINT SPACE

PRINT SPACE [OUTFILE='file_name'] [ENCODING='ENCODING'] [n_lines].

PRINT SPACE prints one or more blank lines to an output file.

The OUTFILE subcommand is optional. It may be used to direct output to a file specified by file name as a string or file handle. If OUTFILE is not handle](../language/files/file-handles.md). If OUTFILE is not specified then output is directed to the listing file.

The ENCODING subcommand may only be used if OUTFILE is also used. It specifies the character encoding of the file. See INSERT, for information on supported encodings.

n_lines is also optional. If present, it is an expression for the number of blank lines to be printed. The expression must evaluate to a nonnegative value.