Picture Skip Characters

<picture skip characters>

──┬─ > ─┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  └─ < ─┘

<repeat part value>

── ( ──<unsigned integer>── ) ─────────────────────────────────────────┤

The picture skip characters are described in the following table. If a repeat part value is given with the picture symbol, then this unsigned integer indicates the number of characters that are to be skipped in the source. If no repeat part value is given, one character is skipped in the source.

Character

Action

>

The source pointer is skipped forward (to the right) the specified number of characters.

<

The source pointer is skipped backward (to the left) the specified number of characters.