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

LPAD

Syntax

LPAD(base_expression varchar, length int64) → varchar

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

Examples

{% code title="LPAD example" %}

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

{% endcode %}

{% code title="LPAD example" %}

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

{% endcode %}

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

{% code title="LPAD example" %}

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

{% endcode %}

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.