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30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">LSet Statement [Runtime]</title>
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34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<lastedited date="2004-08-24T13:31:22">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="lset">
40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3143268"><bookmark_value>LSet statement</bookmark_value>
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42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143268" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120304.xhp" name="LSet Statement [Runtime]">LSet Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155419" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Aligns a string to the left of a string variable, or copies a variable of a user-defined type to another variable of a different user-defined type.</paragraph>
44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section>
45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145317" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">LSet Var As String = Text or LSet Var1 = Var2</paragraph>
47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143271" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145610" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">
49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<emph>Var:</emph> Any String variable that contains the string that you want align to the left.</paragraph>
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51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<emph>Text:</emph> String that you want to align to the left of the string variable.</paragraph>
52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151054" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<emph>Var1:</emph> Name of the user-defined type variable that you want to copy to.</paragraph>
54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153361" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">
55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<emph>Var2:</emph> Name of the user-defined type variable that you want to copy from.</paragraph>
56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154686" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">If the string is shorter than the string variable, <emph>LSet</emph> left-aligns the string within the string variable. Any remaining positions in the string variable are replaced by spaces. If the string is longer than the string variable, only the leftmost characters up to the length of the string variable are copied. With the <emph>LSet</emph> statement, you can also copy a user-defined type variable to another variable of the same type.</paragraph>
57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156282" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="11">Example:</paragraph>
58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153193" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Sub ExampleRLSet</paragraph>
59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Dim sVar As String</paragraph>
60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150447" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Dim sExpr As String</paragraph>
61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149561" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">sVar = String(40,"*")</paragraph>
62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">sExpr = "SBX"</paragraph>
63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152940" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">REM Align "SBX" within the 40-character reference string</paragraph>
64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148647" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">REM Replace asterisks with spaces</paragraph>
65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">RSet sVar = sExpr</paragraph>
66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153365" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Print "&gt;"; sVar; "&lt;"</paragraph>
67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149260" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">sVar = String(5,"*")</paragraph>
68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147436" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">sExpr = "123457896"</paragraph>
69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146923" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">RSet sVar = sExpr</paragraph>
70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151114" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">Print "&gt;"; sVar; "&lt;"</paragraph>
71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155855" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">sVar = String(40,"*")</paragraph>
72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145253" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">sExpr = "SBX"</paragraph>
73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151075" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">REM Left-align "SBX" within the 40-character reference string</paragraph>
74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147126" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">LSet sVar = sExpr</paragraph>
75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154792" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Print "&gt;"; sVar; "&lt;"</paragraph>
76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154942" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">sVar = String(5,"*")</paragraph>
77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155603" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">sExpr = "123456789"</paragraph>
78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150716" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">LSet sVar = sExpr</paragraph>
79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146969" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Print "&gt;"; sVar; "&lt;"</paragraph>
80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150749" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">End Sub</paragraph>
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