? "Result: " + padl( 123, 10, "#000000000" ) >Result: #000000123Of course an immediate issue it is found ! grrr
CLEAR ? PADL('123' ,100,'#')==PADL('123' ,100,REPLICATE('#',100)) ? PADL(123 ,100,'#')==PADL(123 ,100,REPLICATE('#',100)) FOR K=1 TO 1000000 NEXT LOOPCOUNT = 200000 t1=SECONDS() FOR K=1 TO INT(M.LOOPCOUNT) =PADL('123' ,100,'#') =PADL('123' ,100,'#') =PADL(123 ,100,'#') NEXT ? "DIRECT", SECONDS()-T1 t1=SECONDS() FOR K=1 TO INT(M.LOOPCOUNT) =PADL('123' ,100,REPLICATE('#',100)) =PADL('123' ,100,REPLICATE('#',100)) =PADL(123 ,100,REPLICATE('#',100)) NEXT ? "INDIRECT",SECONDS()-T1