The .FLAGS PERIOD and .NO FLAGS PERIOD commands turn on and turn off recognition of the Period flag character (+). When the period flag is in effect, an extra space is inserted after the following punctuation marks: period (.), colon (:), question mark (?) and exclamation point (!). Formats .FLAGS PERIOD [k] .NO FLAGS PERIOD Abreviated formats .FL PERIOD [k] .NFL PERIODAdditional Information: explode extract