Q59398: PRINT Ignored After PRINT CURRENCY Variable in QBX.EXE 7.00

Article: Q59398
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 7.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist7.00 fixlist7.10 | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 20-SEP-1990

The program below demonstrates a problem with executing a PRINT
statement to produce a blank line.

After printing a variable or array element that has been dimensioned
as a CURRENCY data type, a blank line cannot be produced by issuing a
successive PRINT. This problem occurs only within the QBX.EXE
environment, and does not occur with programs compiled with BC.EXE.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the QBX.EXE
environment of Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System (PDS)
version 7.00 for MS-DOS. This problem was corrected in BASIC PDS
version 7.10.

Code Example
------------

   DIM A AS CURRENCY
   A = 10
   PRINT A
   PRINT
   PRINT "Where did the space go?"
   END

Output
------

   10
   Where did the space go?

Workaround Code Example
-----------------------

Each additional PRINT statement will correctly produce a blank line,
as shown in the following program:

   DIM A AS CURRENCY
   A = 10
   PRINT A
   PRINT
   PRINT
   PRINT "A blank line was printed"

Output
------

   10

   A blank line was printed

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