Left padding

vij · Post by **vij** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:12 am

hi,
I want to know how 0s are left padded to a string.
i used this function - padstring(sting,"0",10) but it does a right padding.

I tried with -10 for a left pad, even then it is not working... can anyone help me on this?

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:33 am

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Str("0", 10-Len(MyString)) : MyString

lottokahe · Post by **lottokahe** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:11 am

ray.wurlod wrote:
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Str("0", 10-Len(MyString)) : MyString
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Thank you Ray. That is exactly what i needed.
Greetings,

Sven

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:04 pm

Welcome aboard. :D

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Left padding

Left padding

Thanks