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Right pad string (string.rpad)

Declaration​

padded = string.rpad(text, len, pad)

Parameters​

  • text
    string.
  • len
    integer. Target length after padding.
  • pad
    string, optional. Padding character(s). Default: space.

Returns​

  • padded
    string.

Description​

Right-pad text to length len using pad.
Available in versions after 2025-03-13

Example​

nLog(string.rpad('ff',   6, '0'))  -- ff0000
nLog(string.rpad('100',  6, '0'))  -- 100000
nLog(string.rpad('1234', 6, '0'))  -- 123400
nLog(string.rpad('123',  6, 'xy')) -- 123xyx

Note: Uses function outside of this chapter: nLog