PADL()

Left-justifies an expression for a given width

Syntax

PADL(<xVal>,<nWidth>,<cFill>) --> cString

Arguments

<xVal> An number,Character or date to pad

<nWidth> Width of output string

<cFill> Character to fill in the string

Returns

<cString> The left-justifies string of <xVal>

Description

This function takes an date,number,or character expression and attempt to left-justify it within a string of a given width expressed as .The default character used to pad left side of will be an blank space;however,this character may be explicitly specified the value of .

If the lenght of is longer then ,this function will truncate the string from the leftmost side to the lenght of .

Examples

? PADC('Harbour',20)
? PADC(34.5142,20)
? PADC(Date(),35)

Tests


See examples

Status

Ready

Compliance

This function is Ca-Clipper compilant

Platforms

All

Files

Library is rtl

See Also