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Function Space() Foundation

Creates a character string consisting only of blank spaces.

Syntax
Space( <nCount> ) --> cSpaces
Parameters
<nCount>
<nCount> is the number of blank spaces included in the character string returned.
Return

Space() returns a character string which consists only of blank spaces (Chr(32)). The maximum length of the character string is not limited in Xbase++. When the value zero is passed, a null string ("") is returned.

Description

The character function Space() creates a character string consisting of <nCount> blank spaces. The same thing can be accomplished by the call Replicate( Chr(32), <nCount>). Space() is frequently used to initialize a variable with a blank character string prior to editing in a GET field.

Examples
Initialization of a character variable with Space() 

// In the example a LOCAL variable is initialized with Space() 
// and then edited with a GET. 

PROCEDURE Main 
   LOCAL cString := Space(30) 

   CLS 
   @ 0,0 SAY "Input:" GET cString 
   READ 

RETURN
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