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Hello,

I can't figure this out. I want to right pad a string with spaces so that I can line up some columns in a listbox.

I can't seem to find any string functions that do this and I'm a bit stumped.

Can it be done? Has anyone got any ideas?

Thanks,

Melanie

I include in case it's useful for others:

function rightPadStrings(column, len)
{
var numspaces = len - (String.length(column))

for (i=1; i <= numspaces; i++)
{
column = column + " "
}
return column;
}


Use like this:

var rightpaddedempname = rightPadStrings(string, 30);

Cheers,

Melanie

I am still fairly new to this scripting lark and I have recreated your script in a blank production but cannot seem to figure out what it is doing. I can see it measures the string and then loops according to the result, adding a space as it goes but I cannot seem to get it to do anything to a string.
Would it take too much time to post a downloadable working example please?

Can you also explain the 'return' function, the script editor recognises it as a keyword but I cannot find any mention of it in the help file.
Thanks very much,
Andy Thompson.

Hi Andy,

I've had a go at this and come up with the following (attached).

The string at the top of the page is recreated when you press Button 3 (labelled "rightpad with spaces") and strings the four input text fields together rightpadding each with spaces.

This example doesn't have any purpose because I wanted to take the database stuff out to simplify the example. But in my publication I'm using the rightpad to create columns in a listbox where each row is a number of columns from the database. To get each column to line up in the listbox I rightpad each before stringing it into the listbox.

Hope this helps and you find a use for it!

Best wishes,

Melanie

PS - return - hummmm..... it returns a variable from a function..... In this example it returns the value of column..... so that it can be assigned to another variable.

I know I haven't explained this properly - I'm not a programmer myself and often don't have the jargon right. Perhaps someone else with a better understanding could help out????