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 ?|??
 Display one or more values to the console
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 Syntax

     ? | ?? [<exp list>]

 Arguments

     <exp list> is a list of values to display and can be any combination
     of data types, including memo.

     If you specify no argument and use the ? command, a carriage
     return/linefeed is sent to the console.  If you use the ?? command
     without arguments, nothing happens.

 Description

     ? and ?? are console commands that display the results of one or more
     expressions, separated by a space, to the console.  These commands are
     also command synonyms for the QOUT() and QQOUT() functions,
     respectively.

     Although functionally similar, ? and ?? differ slightly.  ? sends a
     carriage return/linefeed to the console before displaying the results of
     the expression list.  ?? displays output at the current screen cursor or
     printhead position.  This lets you use successive ?? commands to display
     output to the same line.

     A ? or ?? command locates the cursor or printhead one position to the
     right of the last character displayed.  If SET PRINTER is OFF, ROW() and
     COL() are updated to reflect the new cursor position.  If SET PRINTER is
     ON, PROW() and PCOL() are updated with the new printhead position.

     If output from a ? or ?? command reaches the edge of the screen as
     reported by MAXCOL(), it wraps to the next line.  If the output reaches
     the bottom of the screen as reported by MAXROW(), the screen scrolls up
     one line.

     You can echo output from the ? or ?? commands to the printer by
     specifying a SET PRINTER ON command before beginning output.  You can
     echo output from both of these commands to a text file using SET
     ALTERNATE TO <xcFile> to create the file, and SET ALTERNATE ON to begin
     echoing to the file.  Like other console commands, SET CONSOLE OFF
     suppresses the display to the screen without affecting output to the
     printer or text file.

     To format any expression specified, use TRANSFORM() or a user-defined
     function.  If you need to pad a variable length value for column
     alignment, use any of the PAD() functions to left-justify,
     right-justify, or center the value. See the examples below.

 Examples

     .  This example prints a record from a database file using ? and
        ?? commands with PADR() to assure column alignment:

        LOCAL nPage := 0, nLine := 99
        USE Salesman INDEX Salesman NEW
        SET PRINTER ON
        SET CONSOLE OFF
        DO WHILE !EOF()
           IF nLine > 55
              IF nPage != 0
                 EJECT
              ENDIF
              ? PADR("Page", LTRIM(STR(nPage++)), 72)
              ?? DTOC(DATE())
              ?
              ?
              ? PADC("Sales Listing", 79)
              ?
              nLine := 5
           ENDIF
           ? Name, Address, PADR(RTRIM(City) + "," ;
                 + State, 20), ZipCode
           nLine++
           SKIP
        ENDDO
        SET CONSOLE ON
        SET PRINTER OFF
        CLOSE Salesman

 Files:  Library is CLIPPER.LIB.