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Reference for unit 'strutils' (#rtl)

AddChar

Add characters to the left of a string till a certain length

Declaration

Source position: strutils.pp line 155

function AddChar(

C: Char;

const S: string;

N: Integer

):string;

Arguments

`C`		Char to be added
`S`		The string to be treated
`N`		The minimal length the string should have

Function result

The resulting string with length N

Description

AddChar adds characters (C) to the left of S till the length N is reached, and returns the resulting string. If the length of S is already equal to or larger than N, then no characters are added. The resulting string can be thought of as a right-aligned version of S, with length N.

Errors

None