PADL()
Left-justifies an expression for a given width
- Syntax
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- PADL(<xVal>,<nWidth>,<cFill>) --> cString
- Arguments
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- <xVal> An number,Character or date to pad
- <nWidth> Width of output string
- <cFill> Character to fill in the string
- Returns
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- <cString> The left-justifies string of <xVal>
- Description
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- This function takes an date,number,or character expression <xVal> and attempt to left-justify it within a string of a given width expressed as <nWidth>.The default character used to pad left side of <xVal> will be an blank space;however,this character may be explicitly specified the value of <cFill>.
- If the lenght of <xVal> is longer then <nWidth>,this function will truncate the string <xVal> from the leftmost side to the lenght of <nWidth>.
Examples
? PADC('Harbour',20)
? PADC(34.5142,20)
? PADC(Date(),35)
Tests
See examples
- Status
- Ready
- Compliance
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- This function is Ca-Clipper compilant
- Platforms
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- All
- Files
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- Library is rtl
- See Also