+

Continues text from the previous line.

+ "text

"text

text continued from the previous line; the double quote is mandatory

The continuation line (starting in column 2) is concatenated to the previous line, following the last nonblank character of that line.

Be careful with McIDAS commands and parameters that require blank spaces. See the examples below.

F 3 "LB 1 5; IMGDISP EAST/CONUS 1
+ "STA=CLE

This entry generates the commands LB 1 5 and IMGDISP EAST/CONUS 1STA=CLE, which is an error, since 1STA=CLE is not a legal value. Instead, enter:

F 3 "LB 1 5; IMGDISP EAST/CONUS 1
+ " STA=CLE

This entry places a space between " and STA=CLE. Consequently, it generates LB 1 5 and IMGDISP EAST/CONUS 1 STA=CLE as desired.