How to do string left or right padding in X++
This article will explain how you can do string padding with zeros or space with the specified length either left padded or right padded in X++. Often we have a requirement that the desired string should be of specific length (say 10) and if it is not of that length, it should be prefixed with 0. A practical example would be that we need to export bank or vendor txt file with the specific configuration at desired places for a string with a specific length from ERP.
To do left padding, strRFix function can be used and to do right padding, strLFix function can used
Syntax
str strRFix(str _str,int _length,char _char= ‘ ‘)
str strLFix(str _str,int _length,char _char= ‘ ‘)
| str value = 'Demo'; | |
| //strRFix | |
| Info(strRFix(value,7,'0'));// this will info '000Demo' | |
| Info(strRFix(value,7)); // this will info ' Demo' // 3 parameter is optional with default value of space | |
| //strLFix | |
| Info(strLFix(value,7,'0'));//this will info 'Demo000' | |
| Info(strLFix(value,7)); //this will info 'Demo ' //3 parameter is optional with default value of space |
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Thank my friend! I work with Dynamics AX until version 4.0 and allways used working around function. as the saying goes “living and learning”