RPAD

Syntax

Purpose

RPAD returns char1, right-padded to length n with char2, replicated as many times as necessary; char2 defaults to a single blank. If char1 is longer than n, this function returns the portion of char1 that fits in n.

The argument n is the total length of the return value as it is displayed on your terminal screen. In most character sets, this is also the number of characters in the return value. However, in some multibyte character sets, the display length of a character string can differ from the number of characters in the string.

Example

SELECT RPAD('MORRISON',12,'ab') "RPAD example"
     FROM DUAL;

RPAD example
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MORRISONabab