Use a non-breaking space:
<cfset padding=RepeatString( " ", 30 - Len(myColumn) )>
#myColumn##padding#
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 8:24 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: [RE: padding a variable]
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>
> how do i get it to show 30 characters without the browser
> truncating spaces
>
> "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > how do you pad a variable in CF.
> > for example how can I force a query.columnname to take up exactly 30
> > characters?
>
> Just using Left() won't work if you're using variable length fields
> (varchar)
>
> You could use Left(myColumn & RepeatString(" ", 30), 30)
>
> HTH
>
> Philip Arnold
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