;
;Copyright 1996-2013 United States Government as represented by the
;Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
;All Rights Reserved.
; This software may be used, copied, or redistributed as long as it is not
; sold and this copyright notice is reproduced on each copy made.  This
; routine is provided as is without any express or implied warranties
; whatsoever.
;
function cmb_stringpad,n
if n le 0 then return,''
a = ' '
for i=1,n-1 do a = a + ' '
return,a
end