FILL FILL reformats text in the specified buffer or range so the lines of text are approximately the same length. To do this, FILL distinguishes between word characters, which it does not separate, and word separators, which it uses as points where lines may be separated. Syntax FILL ({buffer | range} [,string [,integer1 [,integer2 [integer3 ] ] ] ]) Parameters buffer The buffer whose text you want to fill. range The range whose text you want to fill. string A quoted list of word separators you want to use. A word separator is a character that FILL recognizes as separating two words. You do not need to include the space character in the list of word separators because the FILL built-in always treats the space character as a word separator. integer1 The value for the left margin. The value must be at least 1 and must be less than the right margin value. The default is the value used by the buffer. integer2 The value for the right margin. The value must be greater than the left margin and cannot exceed the maximum record size for the buffer. The default is the value used by the buffer. integer3 The amount by which the first line should be indented. This value modifies the left margin of the first filled line. Use a negative value to unindent or create a hanging paragraph. Use a positive value to create a normally indented line. You cannot use a value that will make the left margin less than one. For example, you cannot specify a left margin of 5 and an indent value of -5. The value of the indent cannot cause the left margin of the first line to be equal to or greater than the right margin. The default value is 0. Comments If you fill a range that does not begin at the beginning of an existing line, FILL does not change the left margin of that line. If you fill a range that starts or ends in the middle of a word, FILL may insert a line break in that word. When FILL moves text up to the previous line, the built-in appends a space to the end of the previous line if that line ends in a space or a word character. It does not append a space if the previous line ends in a word separator other than a space, such as a hyphen. FILL moves any word separators at the beginning of a line up to the previous line. When moving text to a previous line, FILL also moves up any word separators which follow the word, even if the separators extend beyond the right margin. FILL does not move up a separator if it will make the line exceed the buffer's maximum record size. If moving up a word and its separators makes a line end in one or more spaces, FILL deletes one trailing space. FILL splits lines that are too long. FILL splits the line at the first character of the first word that extends past the right margin, unless there is only one word on the line. If this is the case, FILL leaves the word on the line. Example The following statement fills the paragraph assigned to the range variable "paragraph_range". The FILL operation will recognize both spaces and hyphens as word separators. FILL will use a left margin of 5, a right margin of 65, and a first line indent of 5. The screen space will be measured in character cells. FILL (paragraph_range, "-", 5, 65, 5, CHARACTERS)