computeChar_lpad: Expand strings on the left

In translateSPSS2R: Toolset for Translating SPSS-Syntax to R-Code

Description

Helper Function for xpssCompute. R Implementation of the SPSS CHAR.LPAD Function.

Usage

computeChar_lpad (x, length = NULL, fill = NULL)

Arguments

x	atomic character or character vector.
length	atomic numeric. Number of characters x is to be filled on the left.
fill	atomic character. String which should be append on the left side.

Details

The value of length represents the number of characters and must be a positive integer. If the optional argument fill is not specified, x is padded with blank spaces.

Value

String, left-padded by length lengthpa.

Author(s)

Bastian Wiessner

See Also

paste0

Examples

xpssCompute(x="My Friend",fun="computeChar_lpad",length=15)

xpssCompute(x="My Friend",fun="computeChar_lpad",length=15, fill="Hello ")

translateSPSS2R documentation built on May 30, 2017, 4:31 a.m.