Name
LSet Function
Class
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings
Syntax
LSet(Source, Length)
-
Source
(required; String) The string to be left aligned
-
Length
(required; Integer) The length of the returned string
Return Value
String
Description
Left aligns a string
Rules at a Glance
If the length of
Source
is greater than or equal toLength
, the function returns only the leftmostLength
characters.If the length of
Source
is less thanLength
, spaces are added to the right of the returned string so that its length becomesLength
.
VB.NET/VB 6 Differences
In VB 6,
LSet
was implemented as a kind of assignment statement. Because it is implemented as a function in VB.NET, its syntax is completely different.In VB 6,
LSet
could be used only with fixed-length strings. In VB.NET, LSet works with all CTS String data.
See Also
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