PADR()
Right-justifies an expression for a given width
Syntax
PADR( <xVal>, <nWidth>, <cFill> ) --> cString
Arguments
<xVal> A Number, Character or Date value to pad
<nWidth> Width of output string
<cFill> Character to fill in the string
Returns
<cString> The right-justifies string of <xVal>
Description
This function takes an date, number, or character expression <xVal> and attempt to right-justify it within a string of a given width expressed as <nWidth>. The default character used to pad right 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
? PADR( "Harbour", 20 )
? PADR( 34.5142, 20 )
? PADR( Date(), 35 )
Tests
See examples
Compliance
Clipper
Platforms
All
Files
Library is rtl
Seealso
ALLTRIM(), PADC(), PADL()