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RSetsub

Right justifies a string in a string buffer

String Functionssubdocumented

Syntax

Declare Sub RSet ( ByRef dst As String, ByRef src As Const String )
Declare Sub RSet ( ByVal dst As WString Ptr, ByVal src As Const WString Ptr )

Parameters

NameDescription
dstA String or WString buffer to copy the text into.
srcThe source String or WString to be right justified.

Description


RSet right justifies text into the string buffer dst, filling the right part of the string with src and the left part with spaces. The string buffer size is not modified.

If text is too long for the string buffer size, RSet truncates characters from the right.

Remarks

Usage


RSet dst, src

Differences from QB


  • In QBasic the syntax was RSet dst = src. That syntax is also supported by FB.

See also




Example


Dim buffer As String

buffer = Space(10)

RSet buffer, "91.5"

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

The example above outputs:
-[      91.5]-

Reference

  • Documented in KeyPgRset.html