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====== PAD_LEFT ====== 
===== Description =====  
Pads the given string on the left with the specified character
===== Syntax =====

''PAD_LEFT (text, character, length)''

Cannot be used in the condition of a [[:ref:a_f:a:find|FIND]] action.

===== Parameters =====  
Attribute of the Plain Text type or string constant or calculation producing text identifying the string to pad; the character to pad with; the resulting length of the string
===== Returns =====

**Text**: the string padded on the left with the character up to the given length.

===== Example =====  
<code aim>PAD_LEFT ('John', '0', 6) </code> returns ''00John''

===== Related =====

[[ref:a_f:f:af:pad_right|PAD_RIGHT]], [[ref:a_f:f:af:trim|TRIM]], [[ref:a_f:f:af:length|LENGTH]]