Re: Fixed length variable

2003-02-11 Thread John W. Krahn
Fred Sahakian wrote: > > I have data that prints to a flat file database. > The data can sometimes be 1, 2, 3, or 4 characters in length. > Id like to have it print a fixed length (6 characters) into the database, like this: > > xyz|fred |xyz > > instead of > > xyz|fred|xyz > > Is there a sim

RE: Fixed length variable

2003-02-11 Thread wiggins
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:57:18 -0500, "Fred Sahakian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have data that prints to a flat file database. > > The data can sometimes be 1, 2, 3, or 4 characters in length. > > Id like to have it print a fixed length (6 ch

Re: Fixed length variable

2003-02-11 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: "Fred Sahakian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have data that prints to a flat file database. > > The data can sometimes be 1, 2, 3, or 4 characters in length. > > Id like to have it print a fixed length (6 characters) into the > database, like this: > > xyz|fred |xyz > > instead of > > xy

Fixed length variable

2003-02-11 Thread Fred Sahakian
I have data that prints to a flat file database. The data can sometimes be 1, 2, 3, or 4 characters in length. Id like to have it print a fixed length (6 characters) into the database, like this: xyz|fred |xyz instead of xyz|fred|xyz Is there a simple solution? I was going to count