Function

padleft( text, length )

Pads text with spaces on the left so that it is a certain length.

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
text	Text	The text to be padded.
length	Number	The target number of characters desired in the final text.

Returns

Text

Usage considerations

Padding and text length

Spaces will be added until the text has the number of characters entered for the length parameter.

Text longer than the specified length remains untouched.

Examples

padleft("boston",10) returns     boston

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Compatible
Offline Mobile	Compatible
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Compatible	Can be used to create a custom record field that only evaluates at sync time.
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible	Custom record fields that evaluate in real time must be configured using one or more Custom Field functions.
Process Reports	Compatible
Process Events	Compatible