Categories: String

LPAD

Left pads a string with spaces or specified characters to reach the number of chracters specified as a parameter.

Syntax

LPAD(base_expression varchar, length int64) → varchar

• base_expression: The expression to pad.
• length: The number of characters to return.

Examples

SELECT LPAD('parameter', 11)
--    parameter

SELECT LPAD('engineering', 6)
-- engine

LPAD(base_expression varchar, length int64, pad_expression varchar) → varchar

• base_expression: The expression to pad.
• length: The number of characters to return.
• pad_expression: Characters to pad the base_expression with.

Examples

select LPAD('parameter', 11, '-')
-- --parameter

Usage Notes

If pad_expression is not specified, then the base_expresion will be padded with spaces. If the length of parameter is less than the length of the base_expression, the base_expression will be truncated to the length. If the length parameter + the length of the base_expression is less than the length of the base_expression + the length of the pad_expression, only the subset of the characters from the pad_expression required to fill the length will be appended to the base_expression.