len of field

[Alex Tweedly]

Lynch, Jonathan wrote:

>Here is a single line method:
>
>Put Characters 1 to 14 of (tVar & "              ") into tVar
>
>
>This has a difference, however. It automatically removes all the characters in tVar past character 14. Perhaps that is preferable?
>  
>
It probably is preferable. If it's not, use

   put char len(tVar)+1 to 14 of "              " after tVar

(make sure you have at least 14 spaces - more doesn't hurt
 you could use "... to -1" - but "... to 14" makes it more 
self-documenting :-)

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