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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">LSet Statement [Runtime]</title>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3143268" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120304.xhp" name="LSet Statement [Runtime]">LSet Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3155419" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">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>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3145317" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
<bascode>
<paragraph id="par_id3150984" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">LSet Var As String = Text or LSet Var1 = Var2</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3143271" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145610" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Var:</emph> Any String variable that contains the string that you want align to the left.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154346" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Text:</emph> String that you want to align to the left of the string variable.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3151054" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Var1:</emph> Name of the user-defined type variable that you want to copy to.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153361" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Var2:</emph> Name of the user-defined type variable that you want to copy from.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154686" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">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>

<paragraph id="hd_id3156282" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341571792" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleRLSet</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341570560" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sVar As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341569328" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sExpr As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341568096" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sVar = String(40,"*")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341566848" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sExpr = "SBX"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3152940" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">    ' Align "SBX" within the 40-character reference string</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148647" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">    ' Replace asterisks with spaces</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341562080" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    RSet sVar = sExpr</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341560848" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Print "&gt;"; sVar; "&lt;"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341559600" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sVar = String(5,"*")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341558352" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sExpr = "123457896"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341557120" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    RSet sVar = sExpr</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341555888" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Print "&gt;"; sVar; "&lt;"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341554640" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sVar = String(40,"*")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341553392" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sExpr = "SBX"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3151075" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">    ' Left-align "SBX" within the 40-character reference string</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341550400" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    LSet sVar = sExpr</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341549168" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Print "&gt;"; sVar; "&lt;"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341547920" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sVar = String(5,"*")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341546672" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sExpr = "123456789"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341545440" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    LSet sVar = sExpr</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341544208" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Print "&gt;"; sVar; "&lt;"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341542960" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph>
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