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A Visual FoxPro built-in function which returns a string from an expression, padded with spaces or characters to a specified length on the right sides.

 

Syntax

Padr(cExpression,nCharacters,cCharacter)

 

Argument

cExpression

Expression to be padded. May be string, number or date

nCharacters

Length of the returned string

cCharacter

Character to use for padding.

 

Returns

Character

 

Example

Padr("Good",5)+"boy"

Returns "Good boy"

 

Padr(12,4)+"pc"

Returns "12 pc"

 

 

 

 


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