is there an LPAD or RPAD function in ActionScript?

[rsassine]

is there an LPAD or RPAD function in ActionScript?

[pmineault]

No, but you could throw one together pretty easily. Here, try this:

String.prototype.lpad = function(len, pad)
{
	if( len > this.length )
	{
		var buf = '';
		for( i = 0; i < len - this.length; i++)
		{
			buf += pad;
		}
		
		nes = buf + this;
	}
	else
	{
		nes = this;
	}
	return nes;
}

Use it like this:

myVar = 'Something';
myVar = myVar.lpad(15, '*');

myVar should be ******Something now. Hope this helps.

[rsassine]

Thanks a great deal,
By the way when I performed an LPAD with 'spaces', the spaces just does NOT seem to align with the rest of my pattern in the field that I LPADed.
For example:
LPAD ("A", 5, "X") ---> would look like: "XXXXA", wherever
LPAD ("A", 5, " ") ---> would look like: " A".

How do I fix this?

Help.

Thanks,
Raymond

[pmineault]

Well, you have to use a monospace font, not sans or serif. Try Courier New in your field.