PAD instruction in combination with LENGTH allows to expand string variable with the spaces at the end to the desired string length.

Syntax 

PAD variable TO LENGTH nn

where

• variable is the name of a variable or array element to be padded with the spaces
• nn is the length of the variable after command execution.

Example

SET &STR = 'TEXT' --> &STR has length of 4 characters
PAD &STR TO LENGTH 10 --> &STR has length of 10 characters and its value is 'TEXT '

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