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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
[[CENTER()]], [[LPAD()]], [[PADL()]], [[PADR()]], [[RPAD()]], [[STR()]], [[STREXTRACT()]], [[STRTRAN()]], [[STRZERO()]], [[STUFF()]], [[SUBSTR()]],  
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[[CENTER()]], [[LPAD()]], [[PADL()]], [[PADR()]], [[RPAD()]], [[SET STRESCAPE]], [[STR()]], [[STREXTRACT()]], [[STRTRAN()]], [[STRZERO()]], [[STUFF()]], [[SUBSTR()]],  
  
  

Revision as of 11:52, 21 July 2010

Purpose

Function to pad out a string to a specified length


Syntax

PADC(<expC1>,<expN>)


See Also

CENTER(), LPAD(), PADL(), PADR(), RPAD(), SET STRESCAPE, 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, Recital Server