PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Introduction to TFORM
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You can also use a LOOP construct to create several boxes side by side on
the text page. The tops and bottoms of the boxes are simply text lines, but
the sides (you define the depth of the boxes) are in a short LOOP construct
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\assign box_depth 5
\loop \(box_depth\)
= = = = = =
\endloop
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2
1
2
1
ASSIGN command stores value of 5 in variable box-depth.
2
TFORM prints = 5 times to make the box's sides.
The boxes print like this
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= = = = = =
= = = = = =
= = = = = =
= = = = = =
= = = = = =
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