LSetsub

Left-justifies a string

Syntax

Declare Sub LSet ( ByRef dst As String, ByRef src As Const String )

Declare Sub LSet ( ByVal dst As WString Ptr, ByVal src As Const WString Ptr )

Parameters

Description

LSet left justifies text into the string buffer dst, filling the left part of the string with src and the right part with spaces. The string buffer size is not modified.
If text is too long for the string buffer size, LSet truncates characters from the right.

For compatibility with QBasic, LSet can also copy a user defined type variable into another one. The copy is made byte for byte, without any care for fields or alignment. It's up to the programmer to take care for the validity of the result.

Remarks

Usage


LSet dst, src
LSet dst_udt, src_udt


Differences from QB

• In QB, the syntax was LSet dst = src. That syntax is also supported by FB.
  
  

See also

• RSet
  
• Space
  
• Put (File I/O)
  
• MKD
  
• MKI
  
• MKL
  
• MKS
  
  

Example

Dim buffer As String

buffer = Space(10)

LSet buffer, "91.5"

Print "-[" & buffer & "]-"

Output:

-[91.5      ]-

Type mytype1

    x As Integer

    y As Integer

End Type



Type mytype2

    z As Integer

End Type



Dim a As mytype1 , b As mytype2

b.z = 1234



LSet a, b

Print a.x

Reference

• Documented in KeyPgLset.html