LJustify()

Left justifies characters in a string of a specified length.

LJustify( string=string, length=number );

Returns: String

Argument Description
string
string, required

A string or a variable that contains one
length
number, required

Length of field in which to justify string

Examples

s = "";
    res = lJustify(s, 4);
    writeDump(len(res)); // length is 4
    writeoutput("<pre>|#res#|</pre><hr>");

<span class="nv">s</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;abc&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="nv">res</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nf">lJustify</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">s</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="m">10</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="nf">writeDump</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">res</span><span class="p">));</span> <span class="c">// length is 10</span>
<span class="nf">writeoutput</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;&lt;pre&gt;|</span><span class="s-Interp">#res#</span><span class="s2">|&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="nv">s</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;10&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="nv">res</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nf">lJustify</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">s</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="m">8</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="nf">writeDump</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">res</span><span class="p">));</span> <span class="c">// length is 8</span>
<span class="nf">writeoutput</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;&lt;pre&gt;|</span><span class="s-Interp">#res#</span><span class="s2">|&lt;/pre&gt;&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span>

See also