## EXPAND(x,n)

EXPAND(x,n) is a string function that adds x (string specification) blank characters (code attribute ASCII, UNICODE) or binary zeros (code attribute BYTE) to the end of a character string as are needed to give the string the length specified by n, an unsigned integer. Only expressions that supply an alphanumeric value are permitted as string specifications.

| Result of the EXPAND(x,n) Function
x is a NULL value | NULL value

See also:

LFILL(x,a,n)

RFILL(x,a,n)