Padding character fields with zeros

Hello,
I need to add zeros to the end of character fields TYPE C. I know i can use the conversion routines but that only works for numeric fields.
Thanks

Thanks for all the replies.
STRLEN will give me the lenght of the field but i need the offset of the last chararcter.
Your post gave me an idea though. I'm doing the following and it's working.
value = 'Thank You          '.
tmp    = '00000000000000'.
FIND REGEX `\w[ [:space:] ][ [:space:] ]` IN value MATCH OFFSET moff.
IF SY-SUBRC = 0.
   OVERLAY value+moff WITH tmp.
ENDIF.
The find looks for the last alphanumeric char and 2 spaces after it meaning the last alphanumeric char in the string.
Thanks to all, i will reward as fairly as possible.

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