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Creates a string of a given length filled with spaces (##" "##)

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	[[KeyPgDeclare|declare]] [[KeyPgFunction|function]] **Space**( [[KeyPgByval|byval]] //count// [[KeyPgAs|as]] [[KeyPgInteger|integer]] ) [[KeyPgAs|as]] [[KeyPgString|string]]
##
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	//result// = **Space**[$]( //count// )
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	##//count//##
		An integer type specifying the length of the string to be created.

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	The created string. An empty string will be returned if ##//count//## <= 0.

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	##**Space**## creates a string with the specified number of spaces.

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{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/strings/space.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
dim a as string
a = "x" + space(3) + "x"
print a ' prints: x   x
%%

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	- The string type suffix "$" is obligatory in the //[[CompilerOptlang|-lang qb]]// dialect.
	- The string type suffix "$" is optional in the //[[CompilerOptlang|-lang fblite]]// dialect.
	- The string type suffix "$" is forbidden in the //[[CompilerOptlang|-lang fb]]// dialect.

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	- None

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	- ##[[KeyPgWspace|Wspace]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgSpc|Spc]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgStringFunction|String (Function)]]##

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