Tag Link | [String->PadTrailing] | Category | String |
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Type | Member | Source Available | No |
Support | Preferred | Version | 7.0 |
Change | Unchanged | Data Source | Any |
Output Type | None | Security | None |
Implementation | LCAPI | Sets | Lasso 8.5, Lasso 8.0, Lasso 7.0 |
[String->PadTrailing] modifies the base string in
[Variable: 'myString' = 'String Value']
[$myString->(PadTrailing: Length)]
[Variable: 'myString']
<?LassoScript
Variable: 'myString' = 'String Value';
$myString->(PadTrailing: Length, 'Char')]
Output: $myString;
?>
Required Parameters | |
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Length | The desired length for the string. |
Optional Parameters | |
Padding Char | The passing character to use. Defaults to space. |
To pad the end of a string to a desired length:
Use the [String->PadTrailing] tag. The following example pads the string out to 32 characters by adding asterisks to the end of the string.
[Variable: 'myString' = 'A quick brown fox']
[$myString->(PadTrailing: 32, '*')]
[Output: $myString]
A quick brown fox***************