function to pad a string with '-' to make it 10 long

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Posted Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:15 AM

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How do I write a function that takes in a string and pads it with '-' (from the right) to make it 10 characters long????

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Posted Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:28 AM

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Left(Coalesce(@String, '') + '----------', 10)

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