PADC()

Purpose

Function to pad out a string to a specified length

Syntax

PADC(<expC1>, <expN> [, <expC2>])

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. The optional <expC2> may be used to pad <expC1> with a character string instead of blank spaces. 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