# PADL()

Left-justifies an expression for a given width

Syntax

  PADL( <xVal>, <nWidth>, <cFill> ) --> cString

Arguments

  <xVal> An number,Character or date to pad
  <nWidth> Width of output string
  <cFill> Character to fill in the string

Returns

  <cString> The left-justifies string of <xVal>

Description

  This function takes an date,number,or character expression <xVal> and attempt to left-justify it within a string of a given width expressed as <nWidth>.The default character used to pad left side of <xVal> will be an blank space;however,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

          ? PADL( 'Harbour', 20 )
          ? PADL( 34.5142, 20 )
          ? PADL( Date(), 35 )
    Tests
          See examples

Status

  Ready

Compliance

  This function is Ca-Clipper compilant

Platforms

  All

Files

  Library is rtl

See Also

- ALLTRIM()
- PADC()
- PADR()