PadLeft
Right-aligns the characters in the string by padding them on the left to achieve a specified total length.
Variants
PadLeft(Text text, Numeric length)
Right-aligns the characters in the string by padding them with leading white space on the left to achieve a specified total length.
Parameters
- text
- The text value to be padded on the left.
- length
- The desired total number of characters in the resulting string.
Returns
Text
Remarks
If the length of the text exceeds the specified length, the string is not padded.
Examples
PadLeft("ABC", 10)returns " ABC".
PadLeft(Text text, Numeric length, Text filler)
Right-aligns the characters in the string by padding them with the specified filler character on the left to achieve a specified total length.
Parameters
- text
- The text value to be padded on the left.
- length
- The desired total number of characters in the resulting string.
- filler
- The text value used as the padding filler on the left side of the text.
Returns
Text
Remarks
If the length of the text exceeds the specified length, the string is not padded.
Examples
PadLeft("ABC", 10, "-")returns "-------ABC".