LPAD Function Syntax | Teradata Vantage - LPAD Function Syntax - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

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Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.10
Published
July 2021
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-07-28
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[TD_SYSFNLIB.] LPAD ( source_string, length [, fill_string ] )

Syntax Elements

TD_SYSFNLIB.
Name of the database where the function is located.
source_string
A character string or string expression.
If the length of source_string is greater than length, source_string is truncated to length characters.
length
The number of characters in the resulting string.
fill_string
The string of characters used to pad the source_string.
The sequence of characters in fill_string is replicated as necessary.