Padr

The Padr() function keeps appending a character to a value until a text length is reached.

Syntax

Padr(value, text_length, char)

Returns

A new text where a character is appended so many times so that a text length is reached.

Parameters

• value a text or a number.
• text_length the number of charachters in the resulting text.
• char the character to append. If this value has more than 1 character, then the first character is taken.

Examples

Padr("forty-two", 15, ".")       /* "forty-two......" */
Padr("forty-two", 2, ".")        /* "forty-two"       */
Padr("forty-two", -10, ".dot")   /* "forty-two"       */
Padr(42, 15, ".")                /* "forty-two......" */
Padr(42, 15, ".dot")             /* "forty-two......" */
Padr(42, 15, "")                 /* "forty-two      " */