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Space()

Returns a string consisting of blank spaces.

Syntax

Space( <nCount> ) --> cSpaces

Arguments

<nCount>

This is a numeric value specifying the number of blank spaces to return.

Return

The function returns a character string consisting of <nCount> blank spaces (Chr(32)). If <nCount> is smaller than 1, the return value is an empty string ("").

Description

Space() is a specialized form of Replicate() that replicates the blank space (chr(32)) <nCount> times and returns the result string. Space() is commonly used to initialize variables with a character string buffer that has no content but blank spaces.

Info

See also:	PadC() | PadL() | PadR(), Replicate()
Category:	Character functions
Source:	rtl\space.c
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll