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| - | ====== Omnidex SQL Function: $LPAD ====== | ||
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| - | ===== Description ===== | ||
| - | The $LPAD function adds pad characters to the left of a character string up to the specified total length. | ||
| - | The return data type is C STRING of length specified in the return_length parameter + 1. | ||
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| - | ===== Syntax ===== | ||
| - | $LPAD( <column_spec | 'string'> , return_length [ ,pad_character ] ) | ||
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| - | == < column_spec, string > == | ||
| - | Required. The string to be "padded". If the length of the string is longer than n, the portion of the string that fits into n is returned. | ||
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| - | == return_length == | ||
| - | Required. n is the total length of the return value ( 0 < n <= 255) | ||
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| - | == pad_character == | ||
| - | Optional. pad evaluates to a single character. The default is the space character. | ||
| - | ===== Example ===== | ||
| - | ==== Example 1 ==== | ||
| - | <code SQL> | ||
| - | SELECT | ||
| - | $LPAD(COMPANY, 45, '*'), | ||
| - | $RPAD(COMPANY, 45, '#') | ||
| - | FROM CUSTOMERS | ||
| - | WHERE COMPANY='SYSTEMS' | ||
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| - | *****Dynamic Information Systems Corporation | ||
| - | Dynamic Information Systems Corporation ##### | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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