LSET$ function

Purpose | Return a string containing a left-justified (padded) string.
Syntax | result_var = LSET$(string_expression, strlen& [USING ustring_expression])
Remarks | LSET$ left-aligns the string string_expression into a string of strlen& characters.
USING | If ustring_expression is null (empty) or is not specified, LSET$ pads string_expression with space characters. Otherwise, LSET$ pads the string with the first character of ustring_expression. If string_expression is shorter then strlen&, LSET$ left-justifies string_expression within result_var, padding the right side as described above; otherwise, LSET$ returns the left-most strlen& bytes of string_expression.
See also | CSET, CSET$, GET, LET, LSET, PUT, RESET, RSET, RSET$, STRINSERT$, TYPE SET
Example | a$ = LSET$("PowerBASIC", 20) ' result: "PowerBASIC " a$ = LSET$("PowerBASIC",20 USING "*") ' result: "PowerBASIC**********"