tab

Equivalent to the tab character (ASCII 9, Control-I).

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android Introduced: 1.0 Security:

# Syntax

tab

# Examples

write field nextField & tab to file exportFile

# Description

Use the tab constant as an easier-to-read substitute for numToChar(9).

The tab constant is needed because you can't type the character it represents in a script.

# Tags

text processing,

# See

- **keyword:** character - **constant:** space - **property:** script - **command:** constant