PADC()
Centers an expression for a given width
- Syntax
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- PADC( <xVal>, <nWidth>, <cFill> ) --> cString
- Arguments
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- <xVal> A Number, Character or Date value to pad
- <nWidth> Width of output string
- <cFill> Character to fill in the string
- Returns
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- <cString> The Center string of <xVal>
- Description
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- This function takes an date, number or character expression <xVal> and attempt to center the expression within a string of a given width expressed as <nWidth>. The default character used to pad either side of <xVal> will be a blank space. This character may be explicitly specified the value of <cFill>.
- If the lenght of <xVal> is longer then <nWidth>,this function will truncate the string <xVal> from the leftmost side to the lenght of <nWidth>.
Examples
? PADC( 'Harbour',20 )
? PADC( 34.5142, 20 )
? PADC( Date(), 35 )
Tests
See Examples
- Status
- Ready
- Compliance
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- This function is Ca-Clipper compilant
- Platforms
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- All
- Files
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- Library is rtl
- See Also