pad

Description

The pad() function creates a new string from string1 based on the specified length (length) and pad character (padchar). If string1 is shorter than the specified length, then it is padded by adding the appropriate number of the specified pad character to the end of the string. If string1 is longer than the specified length, then it is truncated and pad characters are not added. If the length of string1 is equal to the specified length, no changes are made and the original contents of string1 are returned in result.

The pad() function supports both single-byte and multiple-byte character sets.

Syntax

result = pad (string1, length, padchar);

Arguments

Return Values

result contains the new string.

string = "Jim White";
result = pad (string1, 10, "123");

string1 = "書策搜";
result = pad (string1, 4, "文");