Center

See Also: String Functions, Length, Pad, Trim

Purpose

Center returns a string of specified length with spaces added to, or characters truncated from both sides, so that the input content is centered.

Return Type

String

Syntax

(Center( {string-value}, {length} ))

What It Does

Center returns a value that has spaces added to the beginning and end of {string-value} until the length of the expression value is equal to {length}.

Move (Center("DataFlex", 50)) to sChapterName

Notes

• If {length} is less than the length of {string}, the Center function returns the value of {string} truncated on the right (after first trimming spaces on the left) to {length}.

Example

(Center("--12345678901234567890123456789", 14))

results in

--123456789012

• If the parameter {string} is of type other than string, its value will be converted to a string for output.