Numeric conversion in fixed length outputs

Question

I have a requirement to right justify all numeric fields in a fixed length file content conversion..Due to the fixed length nature the numeric fields are stating from the positions defined in the file content conversion..Is it possible for them to be right justfied though we give them starting postions??
-Teresa

Answer 1

Hi,
Simplest way would be to write a user defined function, where you append spaces to the variable based on length.
string b;
int size = a.length();
int diff = 5 - size;
b = a;
for(int i = 0; i <= diff;i++)
  b = " " + b;
return b;
Hope it helps,
Naveen