PadRight

Name

PadRight

Syntax

PadRight (String str, String padChar, Integer length)

Purpose

To pad a string to the right with the specified character.

Description

Returns the characters in string padded to the right. 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 = 20

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.

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