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Create character array of blanks

Syntax

Description

Note

pad is recommended overblanks because it provides greater flexibility and allows vectorization. For additional information, see Alternative Functionality.

chr = blanks([n](#bvjtc50-n)) returns a1-by-n array of space characters.

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Examples

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Create an array of five blanks. To display it, embed it in a character array that starts and ends with a visible character.

b = blanks(5); chr = ['|' b '|']

Embed the blanks in a string and display the string. You can create strings using double quotes.

str = "Due Date:" + b + "2017-01-13"

str = "Due Date: 2017-01-13"

Input Arguments

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Number of space characters, specified as an integer.

• If n is 0, then blanks returns a 1-by-0 character array.
• If n is less than 0, then blanks treats it as 0.

Data Types: double | single | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Alternative Functionality

Update code that makes use of blanks to use pad instead. Unlike blanks, which creates a new character vector of whitespace characters, pad adds whitespace characters to an existing piece of text and returns the same data-type as the input. For example:

Extended Capabilities

Version History

Introduced before R2006a