how to fix string length ?

I have couple data want to save it into a txt file, but it's very hard to aligh it, because the length of data are different, so I am thinking if I can fix the length of them, it will be much easier to format my txt file.

like fix length to 10:

"John" will become "John "
add space to it.

is there any function can do this?
or do you have better sugestions?


Thanks

Cerebrate

Look up the Trim property in VB Help

not trim...
it's fixed length strings.

Type Record
strName as string * 10
End Type

'all records in strname will take 10 spaces
'all records saved will occupy 10 spaces

I haven't realy played with this..just once in
school...for fixed lenght I use an Access Data Base

hope it helps you in some way.

Fixed-lengths strings are a good choice. Alternatively, you could use the Format$ function, like this:

strField = Format$("whatever", "!@@@@@@@@@@")

In the Format$ function, "at" signs (@) will normally right-justify an item in a field of that many positions (i.e., 10 @ signs = 10-position output area). By placing an exclamation point (!) in front of the @ signs, you force the data to be left-justified.

use the str$(length, character) function.