### 8.15 PRINT SPACE

    PRINT SPACE [OUTFILE=’file_name’] [ENCODING=’encoding’] [n_lines].

`PRINT SPACE` prints one or more blank lines to an output file.

The `OUTFILE` subcommand is optional. It may be used to direct output to a file specified by file name as a string or file handle (see File Handles). If OUTFILE is not specified then output will be directed to the listing file.

The `ENCODING` subcommand may only be used if `OUTFILE` is also used. It specifies the character encoding of the file. See INSERT, for information on supported encodings.

n_lines is also optional. If present, it is an expression (see Expressions) specifying the number of blank lines to be printed. The expression must evaluate to a nonnegative value.