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Padding a string with spaces
03-02-2015, 07:20 AM (This post was last modified: 03-02-2015 07:56 AM by Joe Horn.)
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Padding a string with spaces
Here's an unexpected hidden feature. To pad a short string with spaces so that its total length is X characters, all it takes is:

REPLACE(string,X+1,"")

where "" is an empty string. If the input string is already X characters long (or longer), it is returned unchanged. Spaces are only appended if SIZE(string)<X.

Examples:

REPLACE("ABCDE",10+1,"") --> "ABCDE     " (ten characters long)
REPLACE("ABCDEFGHIJKL",10+1,") --> "ABCDEFGHIJKL" (unchanged)

Warning: Ridiculously large values for X makes Prime unhappy.
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Padding a string with spaces - Joe Horn - 03-02-2015 07:20 AM
RE: Padding a string with spaces - Angus - 03-03-2015, 08:02 AM
RE: Padding a string with spaces - Han - 03-03-2015, 05:08 PM
RE: Padding a string with spaces - Angus - 03-04-2015, 05:43 AM



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