## Generic-function: SB-GRAY:STREAM-ADVANCE-TO-COLUMN
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> Write enough blank space so that the next character will be
> written at the specified column. Returns true if the operation is
> successful, or NIL if it is not supported for this stream. This is
> intended for use by by PPRINT and FORMAT ~T. The default method uses
> STREAM-LINE-COLUMN and repeated calls to STREAM-WRITE-CHAR with a
> #SPACE character; it returns NIL if STREAM-LINE-COLUMN returns NIL.

### Lambda list
```cl
(stream sb-gray::column)
```