PadLeft

Name	PadLeft
Syntax	PadLeft (String str, String padChar, Integer length)
Purpose	To pad a string to the left with the specified character.
Description	Returns the characters in string padded to the left. Length of string is equal to length size. This method does not truncate the original string so if the original string is larger than specified length, the entire original string is returned.
Return Type	String
Parameters	Str [System.String] – String which will be padded to the right padChar [System.String] – A character string whose first character will be used to pad the string length [System.Int64] – Length of the output string

Example

In this example, we are passing the required parameters to the function transformation object using a Variables object.

Where,

str = ABC

padChar = -

length = 10

Right-click on the function transformation object and select Preview Output. You can see that Astera Data Stack has returned the padded string of the specified length.