len of field

[Lynch, Jonathan]

There is a danger to this method:

repeat until the number of chars of tVar = 14
   put space after tVar
end repeat


if tVar happens to be 15 or greater, it will repeat forever. Perhaps use tVar >= 14 ?

Not that speed is an issue with this example, but with using method it requires checking the number of characters in tVar for every pass.

-----Original Message-----
From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Eric Chatonet
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:26 AM
To: How to use Revolution
Subject: Re: len of field

Hi Paul,

repeat until the number of chars of tVar = 14
   put space after tVar
end repeat

or by building a function you can use elsewhere with any number of  
chars:

put Extent(tVar,14) into fld "MyField"

function Extent pString,pNumOfChars
   repeat until the number of chars of pString = pNumOfChars
     put space after pString
   end repeat
   return pString
end Extent

The last method is better: always think you want be able to reuse the  
code you write :-)

Le 25 août 05 à 17:11, Paul Salyers a écrit :

> I need to find out how to add spaces to a field length if the  
> number of characters are less than 14 to equal 14 charters.
>
> I'm using this:
>
> if the number of char  of tVar < 14 then (I need to add spaces to  
> equal 14 char)

Best Regards from Paris,

Eric Chatonet.
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