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| - | ====== Omnidex SQL Function: $LPAD ====== | ||
| - | ===== Description ===== | ||
| - | Pad the string on the left with spaces or the named character. If the string is already padded, as happens with a CHARACTER datatype, the string must first be trimmed using the TRIM function. | ||
| - | This function returns a C STRING datatype. | ||
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| - | ===== Syntax ===== | ||
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| - | $LPAD( character_expression, num_characters [, pad_character] ) | ||
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| - | == character_expression == | ||
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| - | Required. Any expression that returns a character-class datatype. Examples of expressions are columns, concatenations of columns, literal strings and functions that return a character datatype. | ||
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| - | == num_characters == | ||
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| - | Required. The number of characters to be returned from the function, with the left-most characters padded with spaces or the named character. | ||
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| - | == pad_character == | ||
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| - | Optional. The character to be used to pad the string. If this parameter is omitted, then a space is used as the pad character. | ||
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| - | ===== Examples ===== | ||
| - | ==== Example: Column ==== | ||
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| - | In this example, the name must first be trimmed and since it is already padded with spaces. | ||
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| - | <code> | ||
| - | > SELECT $lpad(trim(name), 40, '.') nme FROM individuals; | ||
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| - | NME | ||
| - | ---------------------------------------- | ||
| - | ..........................MS. MARY LEWIS | ||
| - | ...................MRS. ALICE R TOLLIVER | ||
| - | ...................MR. SIDNEY K TOLLIVER | ||
| - | .................MRS. JENNIFER J HOPKINS | ||
| - | .....................MR. CHARLIE HOPKINS | ||
| - | .......................MS. KIMBERLY BLUE | ||
| - | .........................KATHLEEN TUCKER | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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