lpad

lpad(str, length, [pattern])

str is a string scalar or vector. It is the string to pad characters to (the left-hand side).

length is a positive integer indicating the number of characters to return. If length is smaller than the length of str, the lpad function is equivalent to left(str, length).

pattern is a string scalar. It is the string that will be padded to the left-hand side of str. If it is unspecified, the lpad function will pad spaces to the left-side of str.

Pad the left-side of a string with a specific set of characters.

lpad("Hello",2);
// output
He

lpad(`Hello, 10);
// output
   Hello

lpad(`Hello, 12, `0);
// output
0000000Hello