The string-pad() function
Smartsite 7.2 - ...
The string-pad() extension function returns a new string of the specified length in which either the beginning (pad left) or the end (pad right) of the specified string is padded with the specified character.
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string exf:string-pad(arg1, string paddingCharacter, int totalLength, bool padLeft) |
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Parameters:
- arg1: a node reference or string literal.
- paddingCharacter: the padding character.
- totalLength: the number of characters in the resulting string.
- padLeft (optional): set to true to enable left padding. Otherwise right padding is applied.
Example
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:xf="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms"
xmlns:exf="http://smartsite.nl/namespaces/xforms/1.0">
<head>
<title>Example</title>
<xf:model>
<xf:instance>
<data xmlns="">
</data>
</xf:instance>
</xf:model>
</head>
<body>
<xf:group ref="/data" appearance="full">
<xf:label />
<xf:output value="exf:string-pad('1234','0',4,true())" />
<xf:output value="exf:string-pad('1234','0',8,true())" />
<xf:output value="exf:string-pad('hello','.',5)" />
<xf:output value="exf:string-pad('hello','.',10)" />
</xf:group>
</body>
</html>
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The result will be:
1234
00001234
hello
hello.....
Namespace
This function is available within the Smartsite XForms namespace (http://smartsite.nl/namespaces/xforms/1.0).