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PADL()

Left-justifies an expression for a given width
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 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 <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

      This function is Ca-Clipper compilant

 Platforms

      All

 Files

      Library is rtl