Pad String

[rjkantor]

I am looking for a pad string method to allow me to pad a string that I extract so that I can have aligned columns of output in my email.

Any ideas on how to accomplish the pad method? or does this need to be added to robotask?

Thank you,
Rob

[Oleg]

See this example:

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[Root]
ActionAfterRun=INTEGER|0
Actions=FOLDER
Automat=INTEGER|-1
CatID=INTEGER|933306365
Comment=STRINGLIST
ContinueOnError=INTEGER|0
ExternalName=STRING|"Task431"
Hide=INTEGER|0
ID=INTEGER|2085317457
LogOnAsUser=INTEGER|1
Name=STRING|"PAD example"
OnErrorTaskID=INTEGER|-1
Priority=INTEGER|3
RunOnClose=INTEGER|0
RunOnStartup=INTEGER|0
ToLog=INTEGER|3
WriteGeneralLog=INTEGER|0

[Actions]
Action1=FOLDER
Action10=FOLDER
Action11=FOLDER
Action12=FOLDER
Action13=FOLDER
Action2=FOLDER
Action3=FOLDER
Action4=FOLDER
Action5=FOLDER
Action6=FOLDER
Action7=FOLDER
Action8=FOLDER
Action9=FOLDER

[Actions\Action1]
ActionID=STRING|"A_VARIABLES_CREATE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Create local variable ""STR"" with value ""Hello World!"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action1\Params]
expand=STRING|"0"
varkind=STRING|"1"
varname=STRING|"STR"
varvalue=STRING|"Hello World!"

[Actions\Action10]
ActionID=STRING|"A_VARIABLES_SET"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Set variable ""STR"" with value ""{str}{char}"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action10\Params]
expand=STRING|"1"
varname=STRING|"STR"
varvalue=STRING|"{str}{char}"

[Actions\Action11]
ActionID=STRING|"A_FLOW_ENDIF"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"End If"

[Actions\Action12]
ActionID=STRING|"A_LOOP_END"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"End Loop"

[Actions\Action13]
ActionID=STRING|"A_DIALOG_MESSAGE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Show ""Final string """
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action13\Params]
icon=STRING|"1"
msg0=STRING|"Final string "
msg1=STRING|"""{str}"""
msgcount=STRING|"2"
playsound=STRING|"0"
showmessage=STRING|"1"

[Actions\Action2]
ActionID=STRING|"A_VARIABLES_CREATE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Create local variable ""CHAR"" with value ""*"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action2\Params]
expand=STRING|"0"
varkind=STRING|"1"
varname=STRING|"CHAR"
varvalue=STRING|"*"

[Actions\Action3]
ActionID=STRING|"A_VARIABLES_CREATE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Create local variable ""TARGETLEN"" with value ""30"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action3\Params]
expand=STRING|"0"
varkind=STRING|"1"
varname=STRING|"TARGETLEN"
varvalue=STRING|"30"

[Actions\Action4]
ActionID=STRING|"A_VARIABLES_CREATE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Create local variable ""TOLEFT"" with value ""true"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action4\Params]
expand=STRING|"0"
varkind=STRING|"1"
varname=STRING|"TOLEFT"
varvalue=STRING|"true"

[Actions\Action5]
ActionID=STRING|"A_DIALOG_MESSAGE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Show ""Source string """
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action5\Params]
icon=STRING|"1"
msg0=STRING|"Source string "
msg1=STRING|"""{str}"""
msgcount=STRING|"2"
playsound=STRING|"0"
showmessage=STRING|"1"

[Actions\Action6]
ActionID=STRING|"A_LOOP_WHILE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"While loop"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action6\Params]
case=STRING|"0"
operator=STRING|"5"
type=STRING|"1"
value1=STRING|"{StrLength({str})}"
value2=STRING|"{TargetLen}"

[Actions\Action7]
ActionID=STRING|"A_FLOW_IF"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"If Then"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action7\Params]
case=STRING|"0"
operator=STRING|"0"
type=STRING|"3"
value1=STRING|"{toLeft}"

[Actions\Action8]
ActionID=STRING|"A_VARIABLES_SET"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Set variable ""STR"" with value ""{char}{str}"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action8\Params]
expand=STRING|"1"
varname=STRING|"STR"
varvalue=STRING|"{char}{str}"

[Actions\Action9]
ActionID=STRING|"A_FLOW_ELSE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Else"

You can implement similar algorithm in BASIC script