Creating fixed field length records

[Alex Tweedly]

Len Morgan wrote:
> While I'm at it, if I DO have to create a string of <record length> 
> first, how do I create a string of spaces <record length> long?
>
put format("%396s", " ") into myRecord

or

put format("%" & numSpaces & "s", " ") into myRecord




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