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Purpose
To pad character, date and numeric values with spaces
Syntax
PadC( <xValue> , <nLength>, <cPadChar> ) cPaddedString
PadL( <xValue> , <nLength>, <cPadChar> ) cPaddedString
PadR( <xValue> , <nLength>, <cPadChar> ) cPaddedString
Arguments
<xValue> is the character, date or numeric value to pad
<nLength> is the length of the string to return
<cPadChar> is the character to pad with
Returns
PadC() returns <xValue> as a character string of length <nLength> centered between <cPadChar>. PadL() returns <xValue> as a character string of length <nLength> padded with <cPadChar> on the left side. PadR() returns <xValue> as a character string of length <nLength> padded with <cPadChar> on the right side.