SPACE (T-SQL)

Returns a string of repeated spaces.

Syntax

SPACE(integer_expression)

Arguments

integer_expression: Is a positive integer that indicates the number of spaces. If integer_expression is negative, a null string is returned.

Return Types

char

Remarks

To include spaces in Unicode data, use REPLICATE instead of SPACE.

Examples

This example trims the authors’ last names and concatenates a comma, two spaces, and the authors’ first names.

USE pubs

GO

SELECT RTRIM(au_lname) + ',' + SPACE(2) + LTRIM(au_fname)

FROM authors

ORDER BY au_lname, au_fname

GO

Here is the result set:

Name

---------------------------------------------------------------

Bennet, Abraham

Blotchet-Halls, Reginald

Carson, Cheryl

DeFrance, Michel

del Castillo, Innes

Dull, Ann

Green, Marjorie

Greene, Morningstar

Gringlesby, Burt

Hunter, Sheryl

Karsen, Livia

Locksley, Charlene

MacFeather, Stearns

McBadden, Heather

O'Leary, Michael

Panteley, Sylvia

Ringer, Albert

Ringer, Anne

Smith, Meander

Straight, Dean

Stringer, Dirk

White, Olivier

Yokomoto, Akiko