# INQUIRE: PAD Specifier

The PAD specifier asks whether blank padding was specified for the file. It takes the following form:

PAD = pd

pd | Is a scalar default character variable that is assigned one of the following values:
'NO' | If the file or unit was connected with PAD='NO'
'YES' | If the file or unit is not connected, or it was connected with PAD='YES'

Parent topic: INQUIRE Statement Specifiers