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SPACE()
Return a string of spaces
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Syntax
SPACE(<nCount>) --> cSpaces
Arguments
<nCount> is the number of spaces to be returned, up to a maximum of
65,535 (64 K).
Returns
SPACE() returns a character string. If <nCount> is zero, SPACE()
returns a null string ("").
Description
SPACE() is a character function that returns a specified number of
spaces. It is the same as REPLICATE("", <nCount>). SPACE() can
initialize a character variable before associating it with a GET.
SPACE() can also pad strings with leading or trailing spaces. Note,
however, that the PADC(), PADL(), and PADR() functions are more
effective for this purpose.
Examples
. This example uses SPACE() to initialize a variable for data
input:
USE Customer NEW
MEMVAR->Name = SPACE(LEN(Customer->Name))
@ 10,10 SAY "Customer Name" GET MEMVAR->Name
READ
Files Library is CLIPPER.LIB.
See Also: PAD() REPLICATE()
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