>>Just checked FPD 2.5, still can't replicate it, and I used the same values that I did in 8.0.
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>I can't replicate behaviour described in vfp6 either. I did notice something a little odd. Try: padl("12345678",6) and it returns "123456".
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Einar,

Yes, I noticed that too in both VFP 8.0 and FPD 2.5. To me, this is the expected behavior. You're telling the function to return a 6 character length string and this is what it does.

The workaround is quite simple, if you want a string at least six characters long, but don't wish to truncate it at six.

m.result = PADL(m.result, MAX(LEN(m.result), 6))