RightAlign

Name

RightAlign

Syntax

RightAlign (String str, Integer length)

Purpose

To pad a string to the left with spaces.

Description

Returns the characters in a string, aligned to the right. Length of string is equal to output length size. This method does not truncate the original string, so if the original string is larger than the output length, the entire original string is returned.

Return Type

String

Parameters

Str [System.String] – String which will be right-aligned

Length [System.Int64] – Length of the output string

Example

In this example, we are passing the required parameters to the function transformation object using a Variables object.

Where,

str = ABCDEF

length = 25

Right-click on the function transformation object and select Preview Output. You can see that Astera Data Stack has returned the specified string, aligned to the right, and of the specified length.

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