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strLeftFill

Fills the left side of a string with characters to make it a specified length.

Note: Use the Special String Operators for string concatenation, string inclusion, and simple comparison.

Type and Usage

• "Global Functions"

• "Strings"

Parameters

Takes three parameters:

• The first parameter is the string.

• The second parameter is the fill character.

• The third parameter is the length.

Output

Returns a string, left-filled with the specified character if necessary,.

Example

Formats the string sleep by left-filling with the character Z to ten spaces. This returns the string ZZZZZsleep:

<$strLeftFill("sleep",'Z',10)$>

Returns the string sleep:

<$strLeftFill("sleep",'Z',4)$>