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 <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 length of <xVal> is longer then <nWidth>, this function will truncate the string <xVal> from the leftmost side to the length of <nWidth>.
Examples
? PADL( "Harbour", 20 )
? PADL( 34.5142, 20 )
? PADL( Date(), 35 )
Tests
See examples
Compliance
Clipper
Platforms
All
Files
Library is rtl
Seealso
ALLTRIM(), PADC(), PADR()