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Revision as of 15:58, 2 June 2009
Class
String Data
Purpose
Function to pad out a string to a specified length
Syntax
PADC(<expC1>,<expN>)
See Also
LPAD(), PADL(), PADR(), RPAD(), STR(), STREXTRACT(), STRTRAN(), STRZERO(), STUFF(), SUBSTR(),
Description
The PADC() function centers a character string <expC1> and pads out the right and left of the string, to a total length of <expN> characters with blanks. PADC() returns the new string. If the string being processed is longer than the specified total length, it is returned unchanged.
Example
? ["] + padc("abc",7) + ["] " abc "
Products
Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer
