Leading spaces in obj.format_text()

JensVestergård — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:54:45 GMT

Hi
I would like to use the obj-format_text method to insert text in a PDF-document. Some of the textstrings have leading spaces (hex 20), but hven the text is inserted, the leading spaces disappears 😢

data test;

  text = '     With spaces'; output;  
  text = 'Without spaces  '; output;
run;

ods _all_ close;
ods pdf file = "e:\Test.pdf";

data _null_;
  set test;

  if _n_ = 1 then declare odsout obj();

  obj.format_text(data:        text,
                  format:      '$char25.', 
                  style_attr:  'font_size=6pt font=(courier)');
run;

ods pdf close;

What to do, if I want to keep the leading spaces in the PDF-file ?

This is what happens, at not what I want....

Regards
Jens Vestergård

LB Forsikring

Re: Leading spaces in obj.format_text()

PeterClemmensen — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 12:13:47 GMT

I think this is caused by the horizontal justification of the FORMAT_TEXT Method, which is Just : 'L' (left align) by default.

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Leading spaces in obj.format_text()

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