RSET - QB64Official/qb64 GitHub Wiki

The RSET statement right-justifies a string according to length of the string expression.

Syntax

RSET string_variable = string_expression

  • If the string_expression is longer than a fixed length string variable the value is truncated from the right side in LSET or RSET.
  • If the string_expression is smaller than the fixed length, spaces will occupy the extra positions in the string.
  • RSET can be used with a FIELD or TYPE string definition to set the buffer position before a PUT.

Example(s)


CLS
DIM thestring AS STRING * 10
PRINT "12345678901234567890"
RSET thestring = "Hello!"
PRINT thestring
anystring$ = SPACE$(20)
RSET anystring$ = "Hello again!"
PRINT anystring$
RSET thestring = "Over ten characters long"
PRINT thestring 



12345678901234567890
    Hello!
        Hello Again!
Over ten c

Explanation: Notice how "Hello!" ends at the tenth position because the length of thestring is 10. When we used SPACE$(20) the length of anystring$ became 20 so "Hello Again!" ended at the 20th position. That is right-justified. The last line "Over ten c" is truncated as it didn't fit into *thestring**s length of only 10 characters.

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