String buffers (StringFormat ?)

[JLC123]

Can someone please tell me how to add a buffer to a string so that it is always x characters long? I'm assuming I would use "StringFormat" but I'm not understanding the usage

thanks

[flyingboz]

Can someone please tell me how to add a buffer to a string so that it is always x characters long? I'm assuming I would use "StringFormat" but I'm not understanding the usage

thanks

there is always

while stringlen($string) < $num_desired_chars

$string = 'x' & $string

wend

i'm sure that if you post the actual desired specification, someone will create the stringformat spec for you..

$string = StringFormat( "% 5s ",$string) will create a 5 char string

[JLC123]

I'm reading a file into an array and then string trimming each line.

For $x = 8 to $aRecords[0] - 3
                $SRV = StringTrimRight($aRecords[$x], 104)
                $ACT = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 12, 4)
                $CHK = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 19, 5)
                $VID = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 26, 1)
                $ITM = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 33, 22)
                $DTE = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 56, 11)
                $STT = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 67, 8)
                $SEC = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 79, 3)
                $BMP = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 104, 8)
                $VAR = IniRead($INI, $CON, $VID, "NULL")
Next

$ITM is trimming down to 22 characters, but there aren't always 22 characters there.

I need to buffer it so that $ITM is always 22 characters regardless.

Make sense?

[DW1]

Just like Flyingboz showed you

For $x = 8 To $aRecords[0] - 3
    $SRV = StringTrimRight($aRecords[$x], 104)
    $ACT = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 12, 4)
    $CHK = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 19, 5)
    $VID = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 26, 1)
    $ITM = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 33, 22)
    While StringLen($ITM) < 22
        $ITM = $ITM & "X" ; or if you want the buffer the other way "$ITM = "X" & $ITM"
    WEnd
    $DTE = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 56, 11)
    $STT = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 67, 8)
    $SEC = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 79, 3)
    $BMP = StringMid($aRecords[$x], 104, 8)
    $VAR = IniRead($INI, $CON, $VID, "NULL")
Next

[JLC123]

Thank you.