extrn .lastch, .nextch, .qwhite ; ; skip blanks and tabs in input line. Abort on illegal chars. ; return the 1st non-blank char. found. ; a,f,d,e .skipblks:: call .lastch rc; eoln skip1: call .qwhite rnz; not white space ; " " ; Advance to non-blank, line de^. "call .nextch ! call .skipblks" ; a,f,d,e .nxt:: call .nextch jnc skip1 ret; eoln