Pads a string with any character you like. I usually use it to pad numbers with leading zeros. But you can use it for other things.
Input ltring, length of return string, pad character, and side to pad
a string
No matter howmany characters in the pstrChar your pad character is the first character of pstrChar.
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| By | VisualProgman |
| Level | Beginner |
| User Rating | 3.7 (11 globes from 3 users) |
| Compatibility | VB 5.0, VB 6.0, VB Script |
| Category | String Manipulation |
| World | Visual Basic |
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Public Enum enPadString
pdLeft
pdRight
End Enum
Public Function PadString(pstrInput As String, _
pintWidth As Integer, _
pstrChar As String, _
Optional penSidetoPad As enPadString = pdLeft) As String
'Returns
'-------
'PadString("12345", 10, "0") = "0000012345"
'PadString("12345", 10, "0", pdRight)) = "1234500000"
'Declare Variables
'-----------------
Dim strTemp As String
'-----------------
'End Declares
'Creates a string to the length of
'pintWidth of the first character
'of pstrChar.
strTemp = String$(pintWidth, pstrChar)
'Check to see what side to pad?
If penSidetoPad = pdRight Then
PadString = Left$(pstrInput & strTemp, pintWidth)
Else
PadString = Right$(strTemp & pstrInput, pintWidth)
End If
End Function 'PadString