Name: PAD
Section:
String Operators
Synopsis:
<pad STRING TOTAL-SIZE [ALIGN=(RIGHT|LEFT|MIDDLE)] [TRUNCATE]>
Description:
Pads STRING to a length of TOTAL-SIZE. ALIGN can
be one of LEFT
, MIDDLE
, or
RIGHT
(the default).
PAD
inserts the correct number of spaces to make the
input argument take the desired number of spaces (presumably for use
in a <pre> ... </pre>
statement).
The optional arg TRUNCATE
says to force the string to be
the specified length.
Before any padding is done, leading and trailing whitespace is removed
from STRING.
Examples:
<pad "Hello" 10> --> " Hello"
<pad "Hello" 10 align=left> --> "Hello "
<pad "Hello" 10 align=middle> --> " Hello "
<pad " Heckle " 4 truncate> --> "Heck"
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